Sep 22, 2006
118 min
Full-HD

Golden Door (2006)

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.

Category

History Drama Romance

Country

France Italy

Companies

Titti Film Memento Films Production ARTE France Cinéma Respiro

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Lucy Reed

Vincenzo Amato

Salvatore Mancuso

Aurora Quattrocchi

Fortunata Mancuso

Francesco Casisa

Angelo Mancuso

Filippo Pucillo

Pietro Mancuso

Vincent Schiavelli

Don Luigi

Federica De Cola

Rita D'Agostini

Isabella Ragonese

Rosa Napolitano

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