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arrangiarsi: Pizza… and the Art of Living
“Before bringing me to meet her family in Italy, my mother told me, ‘you will find out who you really are.’”
Matteo Troncone
Had my mentor David Hakim not shared “arrangiarsi: Pizza... and the Art of Living” I would have never experienced the joy of Matteo Troncone’s cinematic ode to Naples, pizza, and life.
According to the film’s DVD cover, “‘arrangiarsi’ is the process of arranging yourself to make something out of nothing.” Troncone has three challenges: finding himself, making his peace with money, and learning arrangiarsi.
Troncone, of course, is of Italian descent. His film escorts us back and forth between California and Italy, especially southern Italy, especially Naples, especially Neapolitan pizza. Troncone triumphantly meets those three challenges.
Along the film’s way we learn about Naples then and now—its history and culture, the joy of the people, and the only real pizza in the world. We also learn about Troncone and his family, share in his discovering who he really is, and, of course, learning to live life with arrangiarsi.
“arrangiarsi: Pizza... and the Art of Living” was written, directed, produced, photographed, edited, narrated, and arranged by Our Hero. The Solare Films DVD includes the following supplemental ingredients: Trailer, Deleted Scenes, Extras, and Photo Slideshow.