金色大门
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Golden Door
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The Golden Door
/
황금의 문
/
Novo Mundo
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Nuevo mundo
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金色大門
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燦爛新人生
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新世界
director:
艾曼纽尔·克里亚勒斯
playwright:
Emanuele Crialese
actor:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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温琴佐·阿马托
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弗兰切斯克·卡西萨
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Filippo Pucillo
genre:
Drama
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Romance
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Fantasy
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Adventure
region:
Italy
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France
language:
Italian
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English
length: 1h 58m
release date: 2007-06-22
IMDb: tt0465188
website:
www.goldendoor-movie.com
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.