Sophia Loren
Maddalena Ciarrapico
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Dec 22, 1971 · Lady Liberty: Directed by Mario Monicelli. With Sophia Loren, Gigi Proietti, William Devane, Beeson Carroll. United States Customs at New York's JFK Airport won't allow her to enter the country with a Baked Ham. So she decides to eat the ham at the airport and then come in to the country.
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- Mario Monicelli
- 1971-12-22
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Maddalena Ciarrapico arrives in New York City from Italy to get married and brings her fiancé a gift of mortadella (large Italian pork sausage) from her co-workers at the sausage factory where she used to work. But she is refused permission to bring the mortadella into the country because of the ban on meat which may contain food-borne diseases.An ...
Beeson Carroll as DominicThe New York Timeswas scathing in its review of the film, observing that "Probably no other woman has so triumphantly survived as many rotten movies in such a short space of time as Sophia Loren." Although "the farcical premise is promising" it was "a comedy that manages to be both too serious and not serious enough and that, at no point matches th...
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Lady Liberty. Summaries. United States Customs at New York's JFK Airport won't allow her to enter the country with a Baked Ham. So she decides to eat the ham at the airport and then come in to the country. Obviously there are many sub themes and story twists.
109 mins More at IMDb TMDb. The story concerns the difficulties and reactions of Maddalena (Sophia Loren), an Italian visitor to New York City. She has come to the country carrying a huge mortadella sausage which she intends as a gift for her fiancé.
- Mario Monicelli
- C. C. Champion, Les Films Concordia
1971. 1h 35m. PG. Comedy. Cast. Sophia Loren (Maddalena Ciarrapico) Gigi Proietti (Michele Bruni) William Devane (Jock Fenner) Beeson Carroll (Dominic Perlino) María Luisa Sala (Milly) Danny DeVito...
Maddalena (Sophia Loren) and Michel (Gigi Proietti) fall in love in Italy in the 1960s, while working at a meat factory in Emilia stormed by the workers' protest, but their love can't be, because he is married and Italy has no divorce. So she persuades him to move to the U.S., and joins him four years later, bringing a Mortadella as a present.
