Golden Door (2006)

Name: Golden Door
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 2006
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Alessandra Fazzino, Andrea Prodan, Aurora Quattrocchi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ernesto Mahieux

Original Title: Nuovomondo

Drama History Romance

6.5 (151 votes)

1h 58m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Emanuele Crialese
Writer: Emanuele Crialese
Original Language: Italian
Budget: N/A

Cast

Alessandra Fazzino Andrea Prodan Aurora Quattrocchi Charlotte Gainsbourg Ernesto Mahieux Federica De Cola Filippo Luna Filippo Pucillo Francesco Casisa Giuseppe Sangiorgi Isabella Ragonese Marcelo Benassi Massimo Laguardia Vincent Schiavelli Vincenzo Amato

Keywords

atlantic ocean attachment to nature emigrant emigration family family history home intelligence test italy mute ocean crossing parent child relationship peasant progress restart ship sicily italy superstition tradition utopia