Three Lives and Only One Death Movie Review 1996

Surrealist film features Mastroianni in four roles. Salesman Mateo Strano walks out on his wife Maria (Paredes) and doesn't see her for 20 years. When he finally returns, Mateo wants her back, although Maria's got a new husband, Andre (Atkine). Then there's Georges Vickers, negative anthropology professor-turned street tramp who takes up with hooker Tania (Galiena), who also has another identity. Then he's a butler who's trying to murder a young couple and steal their child and finally, Mastroianni's a rich industrialist who seems to be suffering from multiple personalities. And yes, somehow all the stories do tie together. French with subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 124 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Torn in Two (or More)

Screenplay

Raul Ruiz, Pascal Bonitzer

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Arielle Dombasle, Feodor Atkine, Jean-Yves Gautier, Pierre Bellemare, Lou Castel, Jacques Pieller

Cinematography

Laurent Machuel

Director

Raul Ruiz

Music

Jorge Arriagada

Producer

Paulo Branco, La Sept Cinema (France), Gemini Film