Lady Liberty

Italian Maddalena Ciarrapico (Sophia Loren) immigrates to New York, carrying with her a mortadella sausage, a gift for her husband-to-be, Michel Bruni (Luigi Proietti). Airport officials inform Maddalena that she cannot enter with pork products. She refuses to abandon the delicacy, however, and her defiance wins her support from local media sources. Now all Maddalena must decide is if Michele, who while abroad has gone from ardent communist to quiet capitalist, is worth the trouble. …