Un americano a Roma

Un 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 selfidentification.

Due to the continuous references of Nando to Kansas City, Alberto Sordi received in 1955 its honorary citizenship. Nando would really refer to the state of Kansas and not to the city he spoke about the life in the Kansas City and referred to him as a sort of highway policeman of the K.C..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. ........

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