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Golden Door

6.5 / 10 (151 votes)

History Drama Romance

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

Screenplay / Writer Emanuele Crialese

Runtime 1h 58m (118 min)

Release Date 2006-09-22

Countries France, Italy

Original Language IT

Status Released

Budget $10,000,000

Revenue $7,228,273

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Production Companies

Titti Film

Memento Production

ARTE France Cinéma

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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