NUOVOMONDO

The Golden Door
Director
Emanuele Crialese
Country
Italy, France
Year
2005
Genre
Drama, History, Romance
Scriptwriters
Emanuele Crialese
Cast
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora Quattrocchi, Francesco Casisa
Production
Rai Cinema [IT]
Respiro [FR]
Memento Films Production [FR]
Arte France Cinéma [FR]
Titti Film [IT]

Storyline

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

Releases

United kingdom (29 of June 2007)