Golden Door

Golden Door

3/10/2006 1h 58m 6.5/10

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.

Director

Emanuele Crialese

Top Billed Cast

Vincenzo Amato

Vincenzo Amato

Salvatore Mancuso

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Lucy Reed

Vincent Schiavelli

Vincent Schiavelli

Don Luigi

Aurora Quattrocchi

Aurora Quattrocchi

Fortunata Mancuso

Francesco Casisa

Francesco Casisa

Angelo Mancuso

Filippo Pucillo

Filippo Pucillo

Pietro Mancuso

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