Palombella Rossa (1989)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : September 15, 1989
Runtime : 89m
Companies : Sacher Film, Palmyre Productions, RAI, So. Fin. A.
Countries : France, Italy
Keywords : identity crisis, surrealism, memory loss, character study, political satire, metaphor, water polo, fall of communism, mother son relationship, psychanalyse