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Un Americano a Roma (1954) Steno; Alberto Sordi
Un Americano a Roma (1954) Steno; Alberto Sordi
 
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In Italian with English subtitles.

Alberto Sordi reprises the character of Nando Mericoni he played a few months before in an episode of comedy film Un Giorno in Pretura (A Day in Court, 1954). 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 (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. His antics 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. But Nando's desperation to get to America know no bounds...

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