Michele Apicella, an MP for the Italian Communist Party, is involved in a car accident and consequently loses his memory. Michele is also a player for the Monteverde water polo team; he joins the team on a trip to play an important match in Sicily which will decide who wins the league, despite being uncertain of his own identity. The match lasts all day and well into the night, and throughout, Michele engages in conversations with other players, a trade unionist, the referee, a Catholic, a journalist and his daughter, in an attempt to reconstruct his sense of self. It becomes apparent that earlier in the week, he had given a momentous speech, the content of which he cannot remember. As the match drags on, the spectators and players become increasingly engrossed by the film Doctor Zhivago, which is playing on a TV screen in the bar. Michele misses a penalty and the match ends; he is left feeling disappointed not just with the match, but with life. Driving back to Rome with his daughter, he loses control of his car and the film ends with a dream-like sequence as a crowd gathers on a hill, looking up to the sun.
wood, pigeon, italian, palombella, rossa, 1989, italian, comedy, drama, film, written, directed, nanni, moretti, directed, bynanni, morettiwritten, bynanni, morettiproduced, bynanni, morettiangelo, barbagallostarringnanni, moretti, silvio, orlando, mariella, v. Red Wood Pigeon Italian Palombella rossa is a 1989 Italian comedy drama film written and directed by Nanni Moretti 1 Red Wood PigeonDirected byNanni MorettiWritten byNanni MorettiProduced byNanni MorettiAngelo BarbagalloStarringNanni Moretti Silvio Orlando Mariella ValentiniCinematographyGiuseppe LanciEdited byMirco GarroneMusic byNicola PiovaniRelease date1989 1989 Running time89 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalianThe film won the Nastro d Argento for best original story 2 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 References 4 External linksPlot summary editMichele Apicella an MP for the Italian Communist Party is involved in a car accident and consequently loses his memory Michele is also a player for the Monteverde water polo team he joins the team on a trip to play an important match in Sicily which will decide who wins the league despite being uncertain of his own identity The match lasts all day and well into the night and throughout Michele engages in conversations with other players a trade unionist the referee a Catholic a journalist and his daughter in an attempt to reconstruct his sense of self It becomes apparent that earlier in the week he had given a momentous speech the content of which he cannot remember As the match drags on the spectators and players become increasingly engrossed by the film Doctor Zhivago which is playing on a TV screen in the bar Michele misses a penalty and the match ends he is left feeling disappointed not just with the match but with life Driving back to Rome with his daughter he loses control of his car and the film ends with a dream like sequence as a crowd gathers on a hill looking up to the sun Cast editNanni Moretti as Michele Apicella Silvio Orlando as Mario Mariella Valentini as the journalist Marco Messeri as Michele s father Luisanna Pandolfi as Michele s mother Asia Argento as Valentina Fabio Traversa as Michele s friend Raoul Ruiz as the guru Eugenio Masciari as the refereeReferences edit Roberto Poppi Dizionario del cinema italiano I film Gremese 2000 ISBN 887742429X Enrico Lancia 1998 I premi del cinema Gremese Editore 1998 ISBN 8877422211 External links editRed Wood Pigeon at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to an Italian film of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a 1980s comedy drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Red Wood Pigeon amp oldid 1210377387, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
