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At the start of the 20th-century, Salvatore (Vincenzo Amato), a poor Sicilian farmer, emigrates to US. En route, he meets Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a shady character in need of a spouse to help her get through Ellis Island and into the promised land. Read more
| Starring | Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora Quattrocchi, Francesco Casisa |
|---|---|
| Director | Emanuele Crialese |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Released as 'Nuovomundo' in its native Italy - 'The New World' is taken, right? - Golden Door is the second film to reach these shores by Emanuele Crialese, the writer-director of Respiro. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, it's a film about a family of illiterate Sicilian peasants coming to America, spurred on by doctored photographs of money growing on trees and chickens the size of donkeys. They find passage on a great steam ship. Men and women are immediately separated, and such is... Read more