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An American in Rome is a film of genre Comedy directed by Steno released in USA on 6 june 1954 with Alberto Sordi
An American in Rome (1954)
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Add to a movie listUn americano a Roma (internationally released as An American in Rome) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a satire of americanization, and it was referred as "a milestone in the evolution of Italian self-identification".
Synopsis
Italy in the Fifties. The image of grandeur and opulence, brought by the arrival of American troops in 1944, still has its effect on many young Italians. One of them is Ferdinand "Nando" Mericoni (Alberto Sordi), a connoisseur of the American world as represented in American cinema of which he is fervent devotee. Believing his future lies beyond the Atlantic, Nando moves to Rome, americanizing his life by imitating the sounds of American language and trying to recreate a Hollywood setting in his room, in his antics which leave a trail of victims, especially his now desperate parents, and his girlfriend Elvira (Maria Pia Casilio), who, probably allured by his manner, loves him despite everything.Actors
Alberto Sordi
(Nando Moriconi)
Maria-Pia Casilio
(Elvira (Elvy))
Giulio Calì
(Father of Nando)
Anita Durante
(Mother of Nando)
Vincenzo Talarico
(Honorable Borgiano)
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