
Palombella Rossa
Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.
- Year: 1989
- Country: France, Italy
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Sacher Film, Palmyre Productions, RAI, So. Fin. A.
- Keyword: identity crisis, surrealism, memory loss, character study, political satire, metaphor, water polo, fall of communism, mother son relationship, psychanalyse
- Director: Nanni Moretti
- Cast: Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Mariella Valentini, Alfonso Santagata, Claudio Morganti, Asia Argento