Nuovomondo Italy / France
2006, 120min.
Prod.: Fabrizio Mosca, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Emanuele Crialese, Script/Dir.: Emanuele Crialese, Dir. of Phot.: Agnès Godard, Compos.: Antonio Castrigano, Prod. Design: Carlos Conti, Sound: Pierre-Yves Lavoué, Edit.: Maryline Monthieux.
Cast:. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora Quattrocchi, Francesco Casisa, Filippo Pucillo, Federica De Cola, Isabella Ragonese, Vincent Schiavelli, Massimo Laguardia, Filippo Luna, Andrea Prodan, Ernesto Mahieux
1913. In a desolate corner of the Sicilian countryside lives the Mancuso family The monotony of daily life is relieved by the arrival of a man from America. This man goes from place to place talking about the New World and its inhabitants, of the riches of this paradise. His job is to accompany the families of the men who have left previously and are now happily working in the Promised Land.The man has come to offer his help to the Mancuso family during the voyage ahead. To become citizens of the New World, they must die a little, and must be reborn. They must leave behind the antiquated customs of their homeland; they must be strong in body and healthy in mind, must swear loyalty if they wish to pass through The Golden Door. The time during which this metamorphosis is to be accomplished is a time of two weeks of the ocean crossing, after which they will arrive at the place of Final Judgement: the Island of Tears, Ellis Island. Here many families will be forced to to split up forever. Not all are privileged to enter the gates of Heaven.
Awards
Venice IFF, 2006 (Silver Lion – Revelation, 'CinemAvvenire' Award - Best Film, FEDIC Award, Pasinetti Award - Best Film, SIGNIS Award, UNICEF Award).
| Crialese, Emanuele Emanuele Crialese (born 1965, Rome)
He is graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. His feature directorial debut, Once We Were Strangers, was completed in 1998. Crialese has participated at Sandance FF with this story about the friendship of two emigrants, a Sicilian and an Indian living in New York. His second feature, Respiro, won the Critic Week Grand Prize and the the Young Critics Award at the Cannes IFF in 2002.
Filmography
Heartless (1994), Once We Were Strangers (1997), Respiro (2002), The Golden Door (Nuovomondo, 2006).
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