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Macaroni
Film poster
Directed by	Ettore Scola
Written by	Ruggero Maccari Furio Scarpelli Ettore Scola
Produced by	Franco Committeri Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni Jack Lemmon
Cinematography	Claudio Ragona
Edited by	Carla Simoncelli
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Production companies	Filmauro Massfilm
Distributed by	Filmauro
Release date	24 October 1985 (1985-10-24)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Macaroni (Italian: Maccheroni) is a 1985 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola. The film, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon, was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, ahead of Federico Fellini's Ginger and Fred, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

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.

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni as Antonio Jasiello
Jack Lemmon (dubbed by Giuseppe Rinaldi) as Robert Traven
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)

Reception

Box office

The film opened in the United States, distributed by Paramount Pictures, on 13 screens on 1 November 1985 and grossed $119,925 in its opening weekend.

References

"NY Times: Macaroni". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
"'Macaroni' Italy's Pick For Oscar; Stirs Controversy". Variety. 6 November 1985. p. 5.
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
"IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI - La pagina di GIUSEPPE "PEPPINO" RINALDI". www.antoniogenna.net.
Greenberg, James (5 November 1985). "'Wish 3,' 'Elm St. 2' Nat'l B.O. Heavies". Daily Variety. p. 2.

External links

Macaroni at IMDb
Macaroni at Rotten Tomatoes

v t e Films directed by Ettore Scola
Let's Talk About Women Hard Time for Princes Thrilling The Devil in Love Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? Police Chief Pepe The Pizza Triangle My Name Is Rocco Papaleo The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life Trevico-Turin: Voyage in Fiatnam We All Loved Each Other So Much Down and Dirty Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen A Special Day Viva l'Italia! The Terrace Passion of Love That Night in Varennes Le bal Macaroni The Family Splendor What Time Is It? Captain Fracassa's Journey Mario, Maria and Mario The Story of a Poor Young Man The Dinner Unfair Competition People of Rome How Strange to Be Named Federico

Films directed by Ettore Scola

Let's Talk About Women
Hard Time for Princes
Thrilling
The Devil in Love
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
Police Chief Pepe
The Pizza Triangle
My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Trevico-Turin: Voyage in Fiatnam
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Down and Dirty
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
A Special Day
Viva l'Italia!
The Terrace
Passion of Love
That Night in Varennes
Le bal
Macaroni
The Family
Splendor
What Time Is It?
Captain Fracassa's Journey
Mario, Maria and Mario
The Story of a Poor Young Man
The Dinner
Unfair Competition
People of Rome
How Strange to Be Named Federico

v t e Italian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1947–1960	Shoeshine (1947) Bicycle Thieves (1949) The Walls of Malapaga (1950) La Strada (1956) Nights of Cabiria (1957) Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) The Great War (1959) Kapo (1960)
1961–1980	La Notte (1961) The Four Days of Naples (1962) 8½ (1963) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964) Marriage Italian Style (1965) The Battle of Algiers (1966) China Is Near (1967) The Girl with the Pistol (1968) Fellini Satyricon (1969) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) Roma (1972) Amarcord (1974) Scent of a Woman (1975) Seven Beauties (1976) A Special Day (1977) I nuovi mostri (1978) To Forget Venice (1979) A Leap in the Dark (1980)
1981–2000	Three Brothers (1981) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) And the Ship Sails On (1983) Where's Picone? (1984) Macaroni (1985) Summer Night (1986) The Family (1987) The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) Cinema Paradiso (1989) Open Doors (1990) Mediterraneo (1991) The Stolen Children (1992) The Great Pumpkin (1993) Lamerica (1994) The Star Maker (1995) My Generation (1996) The Best Man (1997) Life Is Beautiful (1998) Not of this World (1999) One Hundred Steps (2000)
2001–2020	The Son's Room (2001) Pinocchio (2002) I'm Not Scared (2003) The Keys to the House (2004) Don't Tell (2005) Golden Door (2006) The Unknown Woman (2007) Gomorrah (2008) Baarìa (2009) The First Beautiful Thing (2010) Terraferma (2011) Caesar Must Die (2012) The Great Beauty (2013) Human Capital (2014) Don't Be Bad (2015) Fire at Sea (2016) A Ciambra (2017) Dogman (2018) The Traitor (2019) Notturno (2020)
2021–present	The Hand of God (2021) Nostalgia (2022) Io capitano (2023) Vermiglio (2024)

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