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My Name Is Rocco Papaleo

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My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
DVD cover
Directed byEttore Scola
Written byPeter Goldfarb
Ruggero Maccari
Ettore Scola
StarringMarcello Mastroianni
CinematographyClaudio Cirillo
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Suresha, Ron (2002). Bears on Bears: Interviews and Discussions. Lethe. p. 129. ISBN 9781590212448.
  3. ^ Moliterno, Gino (2009). "Scola, Ettore". The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow. pp. 294-. ISBN 9780810870598.
  4. ^ Marrone, Gaetana; Puppa, Paolo, eds. (2006). "Ettore Scola (1931-)". Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge. pp. 1721-. ISBN 9781135455293.
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