My Name Is Rocco Papaleo Explained

My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
Director:	Ettore Scola
Starring:	Marcello Mastroianni
Cinematography:	Claudio Cirillo
Runtime:	120 minutes
Country:	Italy
Language:	Italian

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, and was made while Scola was doing post-production for ,^[1] another "politically engaged" film.^[2] It was called "a harsh attack on American consumer values and their soul-destroying materialism".^[3]

Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni as Rocco
• Lauren Hutton as Jenny
• Bruce Vilanch^[4]
• Brizio Montinaro
• Paola Natale
• Margot Novak
• Tom Reed
• Umberto Travaglini

Notes and References

1. Book: The Cinema of Ettore Scola . Rémi . Lanzoni . Edward . Bowen . Trevico-Torino: Viaggio nel Fiat-Nam: Metamorphoses of Urban Space and the Multiplication of the Factory in the Age of the Anthropocene . Emiliano . Guaraldo . Federica . Colleoni . 194 . Wayne State University Press . 2020 . 9780814343807.
2. Book: Moliterno, Gino . The A to Z of Italian Cinema . Scola, Ettore . 294- . Scarecrow . 2009 . 9780810870598.
3. Book: Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies . Ettore Scola (1931-) . 1721- . Gaetana . Marrone . Paolo . Puppa . Routledge . 2006 . 9781135455293.
4. Book: Suresha, Ron . Ron Suresha

   . Bears on Bears: Interviews and Discussions . 129 . Ron Suresha . Lethe . 2002 . 9781590212448.