Golden Door
(2006)
Regisseur:
Emanuele CrialeseSchauspieler:
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora Quattrocchi, Francesco Casisa, Filippo Pucillo, Vincent Schiavelli, Federica De Cola, Isabella Ragonese, Massimo Laguardia, Filippo Luna, Andrea Prodan, Ernesto Mahieux, Marcelo Benassi, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, Alessandra Fazzino, Giuseppe CulinoBittere Armut und Aberglaube prägen das Leben in Süditalien zur Jahrhundertwende. Als der ungebildete Bauer Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato) die verheißungsvollen Berichte der Auswanderer über Amerika hört, beschließt er gegen den Willen von Mutter Fortunata (Aurora Quattrocchi) die Zelte abzubrechen und in die neue Welt überzusiedeln. Mit seinen Söhnen Angelo (Francesco Casisa) und dem stummen Pietro (Filippo Pucillo) trifft er auf der Überfahrt auf die Engländerin Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg), die sich ihnen anschließt.
Mit dem Nachwuchspreis in Venedig bedachtes Immigrantendrama, in dem Emanuele Crialese ("Lampedusa") nah am einfachen Volk von Hoffungen und Erwartungen einer pan-europäischen Siedlerfamilie an der amerikanischen Grenze erzählt.
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.
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.
