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Red Wood Pigeon

Original title: Palombella rossa
  • 19891989
  • 1h 29m
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7.1/10
2.6K
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Red Wood Pigeon (1989)
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Because of an accident, Michele (a leader of P.C.I. and a water-polo player) loses his memory. During one water-polo match, strange guys torment him; they want him to remember his past. As t... Read allBecause of an accident, Michele (a leader of P.C.I. and a water-polo player) loses his memory. During one water-polo match, strange guys torment him; they want him to remember his past. As the match is about to finish, he misses the penalty which would have let his team draw the ... Read allBecause of an accident, Michele (a leader of P.C.I. and a water-polo player) loses his memory. During one water-polo match, strange guys torment him; they want him to remember his past. As the match is about to finish, he misses the penalty which would have let his team draw the match and keep the leadership.
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    • Nanni Moretti
    • Nanni Moretti(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nanni Moretti
    • Silvio Orlando
    • Mariella Valentini
    • Nanni Moretti
    • Nanni Moretti(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nanni Moretti
    • Silvio Orlando
    • Mariella Valentini
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    • 9User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Nanni Moretti
    Nanni Moretti
    • Michele Apicella
    Silvio Orlando
    Silvio Orlando
    • Mario
    Mariella Valentini
    • Giornalista
    Alfonso Santagata
    • Comunista ossessivo
    Claudio Morganti
    • Comunista ossessivo
    Asia Argento
    Asia Argento
    • Valentina
    Eugenio Masciari
    • L'arbitro
    Mario Patanè
    • Simone, il cattolico ossessivo
    Antonio Petrocelli
    • Fascista
    Remo Remotti
    Remo Remotti
    • Santone
    Fabio Traversa
    Fabio Traversa
    • Il vecchio amico
    Giovanni Buttafava
    • Psicanalista
    Gabriele Ceracchini
    • Michele ragazzo
    Luisanna Pandolfi
    • Madre di Michele
    Imre Budavari
    • Self
    Mauro Maugeri
    • Allenatore avversario
    Mario Monaci Toschi
    Gianluca Cocchini
      • Nanni Moretti
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    • Trivia
      The meaning of "palombella" in Italian includes "columbine", "wild pigeon", and (in water polo, or in other ball sports) "a parabolic shot to go over the goalkeeper and score a goal"/"a lob shot". So the original title of the film could be read as "Red Lob", which brings the sport and the politics -red obviously signifies the Communist Party- together.
    • Connections
      Edited from La sconfitta (1973)
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      E ti vengo a cercare
      (1988)

      Written by Franco Battiato

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    6/10
    Where is My Mind?
    Michele is the leader of the Italian communist party and a professional water polo player. On this day he has just lost his memory following a (very stupid) car accident. So he has to discover the intricacies of his life again, and he does so through the naive eyes of the anxious child he used to be - through an improvised psychoanalytic trip symbolized by the friendships and adversities of a water polo game.

    While she may not be the star, I appreciate that Asia Argento had a part here. I always felt like she was not really in much beyond her father's films or the films of her father's friends, at least at first. But this is a clear exception, because there is nothing about this movie that says Dario Argento was involved.
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    • Apr 27, 2016

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      • September 15, 1989 (Italy)
      • Italy
      • France
      • Italian
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      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Sacher Film
      • Palmyre Productions
      • Rai 1
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
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