Saturday,
June 16, 2007
Movie " Golden Door": Sicilian
Farmer/Widower and Family Leave Hardscrabble Life for
The
ANNOTICO Report
."Golden
Door." An Italian widower named Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato)
is a poor farmer. His land is rough and rocky and his livestock consists of a
donkey, a goat and a couple of chickens. He is raising two teenage boys, one of
whom is mute, and has his elderly mother also under his roof.
Salvatore
decides to leave the hard scrabble life behind and head to the new world, thinking
he is leaving his poor farmer
Thanks to Water Santi
Immigrants
By
Teresa Budasi ,Staff Reporter
June
15, 2007
In
An Italian
widower, Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato) is a poor farmer. His land is rough
and rocky and his livestock consists of a donkey, a goat and a couple of
chickens. He
It
Crialese has a knack for
characterizing a specific place and time, like in a painting. In 2003
A mysterious,
redheaded Englishwoman named Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg),
who most certainly stands out in the crowd of folks getting on the boat,
attaches herself to Salvatore
The second part
gives us the emigrant
On deck, Lucy and
Salvatore are keenly aware of each other, and others are keenly aware of Lucy,
particularly Don Luigi (the late Vincent Schiavelli),
who
The final chapter
begins and ends at Ellis Island, where all entering must undergo a series of
humiliating tests, both mental and physical before being deemed "fit"
to live in
Crialese
GOLDEN
DOOR (PG-13)
Critic
Miramax Films
presents a film written and directed by Emanuele Crialese.
Running time: 112 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for brief graphic nudity). In Italian
with English subtitles. Opening today at Landmark Century.
Salvatore
Mancuso: Vincenzo Amato
Angelo Mancuso: Francesco Casisa
Pietro Mancuso: Filippo Pucillo
Fortunata Mancuso: Aurora Quattrocchi
Lucy: Charlotte Gainsbourg
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