Nuovomondo (2006)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Emanuele Crialese

Writer:

Emanuele Crialese (writer)

Release Date:

22 September 2006 (Italy)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

Plot:

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower...

Plot Keywords:

1920s | Spirits | Postcard | Shoes | Puzzle Solving

Awards:

10 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Lucy Reed
Vincenzo Amato	...	Salvatore Mancuso
Aurora Quattrocchi	...	Fortunata Mancuso
Francesco Casisa	...	Angelo Mancuso
Filippo Pucillo	...	Pietro Mancuso
Federica De Cola	...	Rita D'Agostini
Isabella Ragonese	...	Rosa Napolitano
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Don Luigi
Massimo Laguardia	...	Mangiapane
Filippo Luna	...	Don Ercole
Andrea Prodan	...	Del Fiore
Ernesto Mahieux	...	Dr. Zampino
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Linda Abadi
Fioreal Acosta Movia
Lihue Acosta Movia
Carolina Alfonsín
Alfredo Allende
Robert Allyn	...	American official (voice)
Adriana Angrisano	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Antonio Angrisano	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Cetti Arancio	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Mariano Argento
Emilio Bardi
Marcelo Benassi	...	Petit homme
Tom Bocanelli	...	American official (voice)
Antonino Bruschetta	...	Italian emigrant (voice) (as Nini Bruschetta)
Antonio Castrigano	...	Musicien 1
Oriana Celentano	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Marcelo Chaparro
Doriana Chierici	...	Italian emigant (voice)
Pascual Condilo	...	Promis de Rita
Giuseppe Culino	...	Dottore
Nino D'Agata	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Claudio Da Passano
Aldo De Martino	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Paolo De Vita	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Ezequiel Diaz
Vincenzo Diglio	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Carlos Durañona
Uisal Elvan	...	Foreign emigrant (voice)
Alessandra Fazzino	...	Santa
Gianni Fiore
Lucilia Gandolo
Tin Geber	...	Foreign emigrant (voice)
Chiara Gioncardi	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Salvatore Gioncardi	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Ilaria Giorgino	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Lutfullah Gotkas	...	Foreign emigrant (voice)
Wolfram Hecht
Andrea Heinz
Monique Hindriks	...	Foreign emigrant (voice)
Carla Juncadella
Paola Lelio	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Gaetano Lizzio	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Steve Luotto	...	American official (voice)
Alejandro Magnone
Giancarlo Mangione
Fernando Margenet	...	Immigration Doctor
Bruce McGuire	...	American official (voice)
Theodore McNabney
Esteban Meloni
Gianfranco Miranda	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Gabriel Molinelli
Maiorino Monica	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Alexia Murray	...	American official (voice)
James Murray	...	Officier testa adultes 2
Miriam Odorico
Enrique Paratino
Juan Pascarelli
Gustavo Pastorini	...	Italian emigrant
Aldo Abel Perez	...	Père aux olives
Paul Perry	...	Officier immigration
Enrique Piñeyro	...	Officier Testa Adultes
Massimiliano Plinio	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Mimi Rivera
Natale Russo	...	Examiner (voice)
Sandra Sandrini
Giuseppe Sangiorgi	...	Homme olives
Giancarlo Scrocco
Martin Seldes
Nicola Specchio	...	Musicien 2
Joshua Stafford	...	American official (voice)
Antonio Tallura	...	Italian emigrant (voice)
Mohamed Zouai	...	Foreign emigrant (voice)

Also Known As:

Golden Door (Canada: English title) (USA)
Ellis Island (Italy)
The Golden Door (International: English title)
Aranykapu (Hungary) [hu]
Hamena oneira (Greece) [el]
Kultainen portti (Finland) [fi]
Nuovomondo (Argentina) [es]
Nya världen, Den (Sweden) [sv]
Tierra de la gran promesa, La (Mexico) [es]
Zlote wrota (Poland) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief graphic nudity.

Runtime:

118 min | Canada:112 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | USA:PG-13 | Italy:T | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:PG | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-3 | Taiwan:R-12 | Sweden:7 | New Zealand:PG

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Rai Cinemafiction

Trivia:

Vincent Schiavelli's character was supposed to be major in the movie; but unfortunately, Schiavelli died during the shooting of the film, and his character became a supporting character.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Che saccio (2008)

Soundtrack:

Sinnerman

A Dreamlike Allegory/A Tale The Points The Finger

I just had the opportunity to see 'Nuovomondo' (hitherto known in the U.S. as 'The Golden Door'), and was very impressed by both it's dreamy & occasionally surreal tale of a family that immigrates from Sicially to the U.S. in the early days of the 20th century. It also worked as a (proverbial)middle finger jammed into the eyeball of Homeland Security (preferably all the way up to the 3rd knuckle),in it's depiction of the ill treatment of foreigners who just want a better life than they were getting from their original mother land. The (mostly) Italian cast, with a few exceptions works well. This is a quiet,understated film that is lovely to look at (the occasional,but tasteful use of surrealism is always a pleasure),while the screenplay is well written. This is a film for those who are sick & tired of mindless escapism from Hollywood that serves little more than to sell popcorn (not that I have any burning issues with popcorn,mind you!---I actually love the stuff). You would do wise to seek out Nuovomondo/The Golden Door (or whatever it's being titled in your area).