Golden Door
118 min
2006
Published on, 1 year ago
Golden Door
118 min
2006
Published on, 1 year ago
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.
Country
Released
22 Sep, 2006
Main Cast
Supporting Cast
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
emigrant
