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Maccheroni

  • 19851985
  • PGPG
  • 1h 44m
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6.4/10
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Maccheroni (1985)
ComedyDrama
A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades, only to discover that old friends have involved him in a massive hoax.A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades, only to discover that old friends have involved him in a massive hoax.A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades, only to discover that old friends have involved him in a massive hoax.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
804
YOUR RATING
    • Ettore Scola
    • Ruggero Maccari(screenplay)
    • Furio Scarpelli(screenplay)
    • Ettore Scola(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jack Lemmon
    • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Daria Nicolodi
    • Ettore Scola
    • Ruggero Maccari(screenplay)
    • Furio Scarpelli(screenplay)
    • Ettore Scola(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jack Lemmon
    • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Daria Nicolodi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
    Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni in Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni in Maccheroni (1985)
    Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jack Lemmon in Maccheroni (1985)
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    Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon
    • Robert Traven
    Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Mastroianni
    • Antonio Jasiello
    Daria Nicolodi
    Daria Nicolodi
    • Laura Di Falco
    Isa Danieli
    Isa Danieli
    • Carmelina Jasiello
    Maria Luisa Santella
    Maria Luisa Santella
    • Door Keeper
    Patrizia Sacchi
    • Virginia
    Bruno Esposito
    • Giulio Jasiello
    Orsetta Gregoretti
    • Young actress in theater
    Marc Berman
    • French record producer
    Jean-François Perrier
    Jean-François Perrier
    • French record producer
    Giovanna Sanfilippo
    • Maria
    Fabio Tenore
    • Pasqualino (the little monk)
    Marta Bifano
    • Luisella
    Aldo De Martino
    • Cottone (theater manager)
    Clotilde De Spirito
    • The villain's mistress
    Carlotta Ercolino
    • TV journalist
    Vincenza Gioioso
    • Donna Amalia
    Ernesto Mahieux
    Ernesto Mahieux
    • Young actor in theater
      • Ettore Scola
      • Ruggero Maccari(screenplay)
      • Furio Scarpelli(screenplay)
      • Ettore Scola(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Mastroianni had a cute film-biz anecdote about this movie, noting that while promoting it in Manhattan he was having dinner at a posh Italian restaurant and the waiter, shaving a truffle over his pasta, motioned to Mastroianni whether he should continue and Marcello nodded yes, repeating "Paramount, Paramount" (the company was picking up the check).
    • Quotes

      Antonio: Ah, it's beautiful to waste time.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember (1997)

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    6/10
    Pulp Fiction for his sister
    Macaroni casts Jack Lemmon as an American businessman on a trip to Naples, his first since World War II when he traveled on a group rate and probably landed at Salerno. The Neapolitan women were most grateful to the Americans for liberation, most grateful indeed.

    Over 40 years go by and Lemmon now a successful businessman is on business in Naples and he's greeted in his hotel room by an old friend he doesn't recognize. Marcello Mastroianni is at first dismissed when Lemmon doesn't recognize him, but the picture he leaves of Lemmon and his sister does the trick.

    With some trepidation Lemmon seeks out Mastroianni's family and finds the sister now a matronly grandmother. Naturally he was expecting some unknown offspring, but her's can all be attributed to the husband she later married.

    Mastroianni is a dreamer and a dramatist of sorts. He's involved with what we would in America call a stock company as he writes and directs and stars in little dramas of his own. In one we see him as an Italian version of Snidely Whiplash. And he's created a whole drama around Lemmon as he wrote letters in Lemmon's name recounting a life that some pulp fiction hero would have envied. You can imagine Lemmon's reaction when he learns of his other life.

    Pretty soon Lemmon is sucked into the family and as things aren't going well in his personal life in America, he's soon involved with the whole family. The end however is bitter sweet.

    Macaroni is essentially a two person film with no real flushing out of any of the other characters played by actors and actresses unknown to American audiences. Lemmon and Mastroianni are good together though nothing like Lemmon and Matthau, but who was?

    It's an easy to take film goes better with a glass of red wine.
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    • Nov 12, 2012

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    • Release date
      • October 24, 1985 (Italy)
      • Italy
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Naples, Campania, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Filmauro
      • Massfilm
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    • 1 hour 44 minutes
      • Mono

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