Golden Door

Golden Door (2006)

22/09/2006
History, Drama, Romance
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.

  • Emanuele CrialeseDirector
  • Original Title

    Nuovomondo

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Italian

Keywords

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

Top Billed Cast

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Lucy Reed

Vincenzo Amato

Vincenzo Amato

Salvatore Mancuso

Aurora Quattrocchi

Aurora Quattrocchi

Fortunata Mancuso

Francesco Casisa

Francesco Casisa

Angelo Mancuso

Filippo Pucillo

Filippo Pucillo

Pietro Mancuso

Vincent Schiavelli

Vincent Schiavelli

Don Luigi

Federica De Cola

Federica De Cola

Rita D'Agostini

Isabella Ragonese

Isabella Ragonese

Rosa Napolitano

Massimo Laguardia

Mangiapane

Filippo Luna

Filippo Luna

Don Ercole

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