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.^[1] 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,^[2] but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3]

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)^[4] 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.^[5]