Un americano a Roma

1954
1h 34m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueNando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome. He is fond for everything coming from the United States. He tries to speak American-English, to wear clothes he thinks Americans wear, to wa... Tout lireNando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome. He is fond for everything coming from the United States. He tries to speak American-English, to wear clothes he thinks Americans wear, to walk like John Wayne, and to eat cornflakes with ketchup - His life is a parody of the real ... Tout lireNando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome. He is fond for everything coming from the United States. He tries to speak American-English, to wear clothes he thinks Americans wear, to walk like John Wayne, and to eat cornflakes with ketchup - His life is a parody of the real American way of life that he could not get. Nando's not-so-secret dream is to visit the US... Tout lire

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jennyred49

this film is amazing!

I find his interpretation of the young "romano" who wants to be "americano" fantastic, and although I did not like Alberto Sordi when I first came to Italy (1970) I realize I did not understand the humor or the culture, but since then I have seen many of his films , and this remains one of my favourites. It is lively, funny, relaxing, and also shows how the "americanisation" has really come about (cereals for breakfast, fast food, cars, blue jeans) which were a joke then, are everyday reality today) However one thing has however survived, the love for spaghetti by the Italians, in fact one of the scenes I prefer is when Alberto decides to destroy his huge plate of spaghetti, as I like to destroy them in the same way. It is a film that can be seen over and over again . If you want to learn more about the Italians from the "inside" Alberto sordi is the actor to follow in the last 50 years

8elvinjones

freewheelin' Nando!

This is one of the most famous and loved pictures of the late Alberto Sordi. He plays the role of Nando Meniconi, a young man crazy about U.S.A., in line with the post-war attraction for the country that wins the comflict and "free" Italy. Wearing in denim with a basketball hat, crazy about Joe DiMaggio, Nando is a living danger for all is around him; parents, girlfriend, occasional partners. The plot is confused and low budget; some of the situations are only a veichle for the non-stop improvisative vein of the master actor but this movie is very memorable because is Sordi state-of-art. This is a portrait in which a lot of italians would be recognized. And, if you know italian language, you can laugh all the time. Is a counterpoint for the neorealism school; where you have realism and social critic here you have innocent but funny and realistic parody of costumes and mentality of the italian boys of the '50; chewing gum, toy guns and...hopes for a far, young, winner land...Noew is different but I think that America craze exist the same today!!! w Nando and his spaghetti!!!

6meinwonderland

His love for everything American is hilarious

Its greatest asset is Alberto Sordi whose histrionic displays of temper make the movie a successful platform for humor. Nando Moriconi is a young Italian who loves everything American; he tries to dress, walk, talk, and think like an American. From the start, a voice-over introduces him, and we're allowed to explore his American-memorabilia-filled room. This serves as a very good character introduction. Without meeting him yet, we already have a good idea of who he is, an idea that the film will emphasize time and again by Nando's desire to cross the Atlantic and visit the U. S. A.

Un Americano a Roma captures the Italian culture of the 1950s' and the post-war fascination many youngsters had for the United States culture. The Golden Age of Hollywood was what positioned the U. S. A. As the leading force in entertainment, and it's no surprise echoes of this would reach across Europe. There are many hilarious scenes in this story where Nando's italo-american way of speaking, he randomly uses words in English while talking in Italian, stands out among his fellows, but also when his opinion of mastering the American language clashes with reality, producing bad communication and misunderstanding.

7tptensToadykingPiaCatDogSnailAnt

Americano Americano Americano

Spaghetti is called worm which is funny, funny stuff, great charming sequences and the title at first is like pedestrian but then you realize oh yeah it is a clever title, the guy Alberto is a great cosmic entity of awesomeness, epic ness, a just excellent picaro character portrayal of this sequences of heightened reality, improbable but not impossible events of craving for America while conjuring up ideas in Roma, the is a craving I already read about in other biographies of italian directors around this era so this is a well known craving and shown here awesome as they use the best thing while in some place craving for something else, imagination.

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Anecdotes
In 2008, the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved (100 film italiani da salvare). The list was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". The project was established by the Venice Days ("Giornate degli Autori") in the Venice Film Festival, in collaboration with Cinecittà Holding and with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

Gaffes
A white towel covering Alberto Sordi's private area is seen at the bottom edge of the screen during the nude modeling scene.

Citations
Nando Moriconi: [uncovering a plate of spaghetti] What is now? Uh... Maccheroni! Maccheroni, this is stuff for carters! I don't eat Maccheroni, I am American, I am! Red wine. I don't drink red wine. You know that I am American. Americans don't eat Maccheroni. Americans eat marmalade, marmalade. This is stuff for Americans. Yogurt, mustard. That's why the Americans win the Apache. They fight Indians. Americans don't drink red wine, they drink milk. That's why they don't get drunk. Have you ever seen a drunk American? I have never seen a drunk American. Americans are strong! You cannot fight against Americans. Americans eat marmalade. Maccheroni, ah... I destroy you! What you're looking at me for? With that fearless face. You look like a worm to me, Maccheroni. This is stuff for Americans, you see? Yogurt, marmalade, mustard. A little bit of milk. This is stuff that Americans eat, you see? Healthy stuff, satisfying.
[he puts the American food on a piece of bread, starts eating it, and then spits it out]
Nando Moriconi: Damn, what a filth! Americans, oh! Maccheroni, you provoked me and I destroy you now! I'm gonna eat you!
[he starts eating the spaghetti]
Nando Moriconi: [putting the American food on the floor] This we'll give to the cat. This is for the mouse. This will kill the bedbugs. And I drink milk.
[he drinks some wine]
Nando Moriconi: I'm American! Worm, I'm gonna eat you!
[he eats some more spaghetti]