Lady Liberty (1971)

Original title

La mortadella

Directed by

Mario Monicelli

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Italian woman travels to New York with a large piece of mortadella sausage. She faces a series of absurd bureaucratic and cultural obstacles as she tries to bring the food through customs.

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What happens

Lady Liberty (Italian: La mortadella) is a 1971 comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, and starring Sophia Loren, William Devane, Gigi Proietti, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, and Edward Herrmann in his film debut. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Emilia-Romagna and New York. The film's sets were designed by the art director Mario Garbuglia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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