My Name Is Rocco Papaleo

1971 film

1971 (1971)

Running time

120 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

My Name Is Rocco Papaleo (Italian: Permette? Rocco Papaleo) is a 1971 Italian film directed by Ettore Scola.

Description

The film follows a former boxer from Sicily (Mastroianni) who emigrates to the United States, but rather than success he finds only poverty and loneliness.^[1] The film was shot partly in Chicago,^[2] and was made while Scola was doing post-production for Trevico-Turin: Voyage in Fiatnam,^[1] another "politically engaged" film.^[3] It was called "a harsh attack on American consumer values and their soul-destroying materialism".^[4]

Plot

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni as Rocco
Lauren Hutton as Jenny
Bruce Vilanch^[2]
Brizio Montinaro
Paola Natale
Margot Novak
Tom Reed
Umberto Travaglini

References

^ ^a ^b Guaraldo, Emiliano; Colleoni, Federica (2020). "Trevico-Torino: Viaggio nel Fiat-Nam: Metamorphoses of Urban Space and the Multiplication of the Factory in the Age of the Anthropocene". In Lanzoni, Rémi; Bowen, Edward (eds.). The Cinema of Ettore Scola. Wayne State University Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780814343807.
^ ^a ^b Suresha, Ron (2002). Bears on Bears: Interviews and Discussions. Lethe. p. 129. ISBN 9781590212448.
^ Moliterno, Gino (2009). "Scola, Ettore". The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow. pp. 294-. ISBN 9780810870598.
^ Marrone, Gaetana; Puppa, Paolo, eds. (2006). "Ettore Scola (1931-)". Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge. pp. 1721-. ISBN 9781135455293.