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Bello Honest Emigrant Australia Would Marry Compaesana Illibata -

 

Director: Luigi Zampa

Writers: Rodolfo Sonego

Stars: Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone

(1971)

 

A worker who emigrated to Australia searches for a mail-order wife using a friend's photo. A former prostitute who wants to change her life contacts him, without revealing her identity. Their mutual lies create a series of hilarious and bitter misunderstandings.

 

Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actually a prostitute seeking an opportunity to change her lifestyle. Amedeo, embarrassed about his looks, sends Carmela a photograph of his handsome friend Giuseppe.

 

A handsome Amedeo goes into town looking for what he seeks.

Outside the ballroom, he visits the parish priest with whom he receives

new exchanges of messages to find an Italian woman

he wants to marry.

Life scenes

DSC - 4324

 

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Uploaded on October 14, 2025
Taken on October 12, 2025