Golden Door
Film Title (Spanish): Nuevo Mundo
Film Title (Original): NuovoMondo
Film Title (English): Golden Door
Country of Origin: Italy/France/Germany
Year of Completition: 2006
Running Time: 120 minutes
Format/Color/BW: 35mm, Color
Language: English and French, Spanish subtitles
 Director: Wes Anderson | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis - Short:
The turn-of-the-century voyage of a family from rural Sicily through the "golden door" of Ellis Island and into America is beautifully portrayed in this visually striking, emotionally resonant narrative. Charlotte Gainsbourg portrays a mysterious, well-spoken Englishwoman and Vincenzo Amato a poor peasant full of hope and dreams of life in a new world.
Crialese that was Italy's Oscar submission in 2006.
Film Synopsis - Long:
The turn-of-the-century voyage of a poor family from rural Sicily through the "golden door" of Ellis Island and into America is beautifully portrayed in this visually striking, emotionally resonant narrative. Charlotte Gainsbourg portrays the young bride in this new film by NYU graduate Crialese that was Italy's Oscar submission in 2006.
The story of European immigrants making the long, exhausting journey to Ellis Island, then submitting themselves to the physical and psychological tests of the day that would unlock America's "golden door," has always been an epic tale. Yet in this emotionally resonant film from NYU graduate Emanuele Crialese, director of the acclaimed Respiro: Grazia's Island, there is a feeling of being on intimate terms with the characters as they make their momentous turn-of-the-century voyage to the New World. A poor man from rural Sicily, Salvatore (Vincenzo Amato) decides his family must emigrate to America. Against his mother's wishes, he sells his livestock and buys shoes and clothes for himself and his sons. Joining them on the harrowing voyage in third-class steerage aboard a tremendously overcrowded ship are a pair of village girls betrothed to men they have never seen in America, and a mysterious, well-spoken Englishwoman, Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg), traveling solo. The emotional tension builds as they at last approach the new land, rendered invisible by a shroud of thick fog, and debark on Ellis Island. The film, visually striking throughout, is layered with Salvatore's animated fantasies of America as a land of miracles with enormous vegetables and money growing on trees. Italy's 2006 Oscar® submission and winner of six awards at the 2006 Venice Film Festival, this is a must-see.
Film Credits
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Producers: Alexandre Mallet-Guy
Executive Producers: Bernard Bouix, Tommaso Calevi
Screenwriter: Emanuele Crialese
Cinematographers: Agnès Godard
Editing: Maryline Monthieux
Music: Antonio Castrigano
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora Quattrocchi, Francesco
Casisa, Filippo Pucillo, Federica De Cola
Film History/Prizes:
Silver Lion-Venice Film Festival 2006
Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival |
