Ave Maria (Tanti anni prima – Many years ago) is one of two hauntingly beautiful tunes drawnfrom Astor Piazzolla’s score for the 1984 Marco Bellochio film Enrico IV (Henry IV) based on the eponymous play by Luigi Pirandello with the same title, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale. An unnamed Italian aristocrat falls off his horse while playing the role of Henry IV during carnevale festivities. After he comes to, he believes himself to be Henry.