[TI] Golden Door

[Bobbye Gayle]

Where can you find this movie?  At a rental store?
Bobbye Gayle Amato

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Sansone" <kimsansone at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Termini Website" <Terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:03 PM
Subject: [TI] Golden Door


>I received the following email from a cousin.  I have
> never heard of this movie.  Was wondering if anyone
> else has seen it and what they thought of it.
>
> Kim
>
> Email I received:
>
> I finally got to see this movie.
>
> And, I highly recommend it to you.
>
> The opening scenes are filmed in and around Petralia
> in the Madonie mountains of Sicily .
>
> The main character Salvatore Mancuso comes from
> Petralia Sottana and the actor Vincenzo Amato, who was
> born near Palermo , spend a month living in the
> Madonie Mountains to learn the customs, language, and
> practices of these people to bring his character to
> life.
>
> The movie takes place in Sicily at around 1904, the
> voyage across the Atlantic and ends at Ellis Island.
>
> It is, as close to what my grandparents and their
> children must have experienced when they came to
> America.
>
> http://www.goldendoor-movie.com/
>
> At the dawn of the 20th century, Sicilian widower
> Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato) leaves behind
> everything he knows to pursue a better life in America
> in this elegiac immigrant's tale. With his sons in
> tow, Salvatore survives the harrowing Atlantic
> crossing only to suffer more hardship and humiliation
> on Ellis Island . But along the way, he finds romance
> with a mysterious Englishwoman (Charlotte Gainsbourg)
> who's also made the arduous voyage.
>
> Starring: Vincent Schiavelli, Charlotte Gainsbourg ...
> Director: Emanuele Crialese
> Genre:  Foreign
> Format:  Widescreen ...
> Language: Italian ...
> Subtitles: English ...
>
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