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Golden Door
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Title: Golden Door

Release Date: 22 Sep 2006

Runtime: 1h 58m

Genre: History, Drama, Romance

Director: Titti Film, Memento Films Production, ARTE France Cinéma, Respiro

Production Companies: Titti Film, Memento Films Production, ARTE France Cinéma, Respiro

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.

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Average Vote: 6.5 (134 votes)

Cast

  • Lucy Reed: Charlotte Gainsbourg
  • Salvatore Mancuso: Vincenzo Amato
  • Fortunata Mancuso: Aurora Quattrocchi
  • Angelo Mancuso: Francesco Casisa
  • Pietro Mancuso: Filippo Pucillo
  • Don Luigi: Vincent Schiavelli
  • Rita D'Agostini: Federica De Cola
  • Rosa Napolitano: Isabella Ragonese
  • Mangiapane: Massimo Laguardia
  • Don Ercole: Filippo Luna
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