Macaroni (Italian: Maccheroni) is a 1985 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Directed by | Ettore Scola |
Produced by | Franco Committeri Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis |
Written by | Ruggero Maccari Furio Scarpelli Ettore Scola |
Starring | Jack Lemmon Marcello Mastroianni |
Music by | Armando Trovajoli |
Cinematography | Claudio Ragona |
Edited by | Carla Simoncelli |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Screenplay
Jack Lemmon plays a successful, physically exhausted, pill-popping American businessman, going through a divorce, who visits Naples, Italy. He spends several days there as a guest of a local business acquaintance, played by Marcello Mastroianni, who has a more laid-back philosophy and is devoted to his large family. In the process, Lemmon's character learns how to relax and live the good life.
- Jack Lemmon as Robert Traven
- Marcello Mastroianni as Antonio Jasiello
- Daria Nicolodi as Laura Di Falco
- Isa Danieli as Carmelina Jasiello
- Maria Luisa Santella as Door Keeper
- Patrizia Sacchi as Virginia
- Bruno Esposito as Giulio Jasiello
- Orsetta Gregoretti as Young actress in theater
- Marc Berman as French record producer
- Jean-François Perrier as French record producer
- Giovanna Sanfilippo as Maria
- Fabio Tenore as Pasqualino (the little monk)
- Marta Bifano as Luisella
- Aldo De Martino as Cottone (theater manager)
- Tilde De Spirito as The villain's mistress (as Clotilde De Spirito)
- List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film