Macaroni
1985
103 Min
Synopsis
Jack Lemmon stars as crabby American World War II veteran Bob Traven, who travels to Italy on a business trip and reunites with wartime buddy Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), whose freewheeling Neapolitan lifestyle goes against all of Traven’s uptight sensibilities. On his three-day stay in Naples, Traven learns from Antonio’s unwavering enthusiasm and discovers that his former flame, Antonio’s sister, still holds a place for him in her heart.
Director
Ettore Scola
Ettore Scola (born 10 May 1931) is an Italian screenwriter and film director. Scola was born in Trevico, province of Avellino (Campania).
He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953, and directed his first movie, Let’s Talk About Women, in 1964. In 1974 Scola enjoyed international success with We All Loved Each Other So Much (C’eravamo tanto amati), a wide fresco of post-World War II Italy life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en scène at Cannes Film Festival for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi.
Since then Ettore Scola has made several successful films, including A Special Day (1977), That Night In Varennes (1982), What Time Is It? (1989) and Captain Fracassa’s Journey (1990). Ettore Scola has directed close to 40 films in some 40 years, and he is still active.
His film Passione d’amore, adapted from a nineteenth-century novel… read more
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