A Girl in Australia

A Girl in Australia Italian Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata Handsome honest emigrant in Australia would marry chaste fellowcountrywoman is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, with stars Alberto Sordi and Claudia Cardinale.

In Rome, getting a ride to the airport on the back of a friends motorcycle, with her pimp in pursuit, Carmela arrives at the boarding gate, meets Rosalba who hands her the travel documents, has a final acrossthegate shouting match with her pimp, and takes a seat in Qantas first class next to a turbaned passenger perusing Life issue of February 19, 1971. A stewardess points out that her ticket is for tourist class with special discount for immigrants. Meanwhile, Amedeo drives his substandard auto nearly 0 kilometers to Brisbane Airport, where Carmelas flight, filled with other Italian mailorder brides as well as those from neighboring Yugoslavia will land. Sitting at the airport lounge with numerous Italian men awaiting their future wives, they pass around outdated photographs that the women had sent to their prospective mates and speculate whether their appearances had changed. Still uncertain of recognizing Carmela from the blackandwhite photo of her as a young peasant girl, he examines and questions a few of the newly arrived women and then is hit with realization as she slowly comes into view on the down escalator. Becoming disconcerted by her beauty, he retreats to the airports bar where, sharing a drink with a balding Italian who sent a photo of himself with a full head of hair, he expresses his own selfdoubts. Convinced that she will reject him, he returns to the arrivals area, introduces himself as Giuseppe and hands her a note, purportedly written by Amedeo, explaining that he is ill with the flu and requesting that Giuseppe, a trusted friend, provide an escort to her new home.Unable to decide how to resolve this situation, Amedeo tells Carmela that driving to Giuseppes home in Broken Hill would take three days, but as the trip starts, they are seen riding not southwest of Brisbane, but thousands of kilometers offcourse in the city of Cairns, a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef in Queenslands tropical far north. The brightly colored lush greenery provide

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