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The turn-of-the-century voyage of a poor family from rural Sicily through the "golden door" of Ellis Island and into America. On a perilous steamship journey from his Sicilian village, the widower Salvatore Mancuso encounters a ravishing, mystery-shrouded Englishwoman, Lucy, Amid a harrowing crossing, an unexpected love story unfolds all the way to the halls of Ellis Island, where both Salvatore and Lucy will stop at nothing to make it to the America of theirimaginations.
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| Also Known As: |
Golden Door
Nuovomondo
The Golden Door
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign and Drama |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 52 min. |
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| Release Date: |
May 25th, 2007 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for brief graphic nudity. . |
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| Distributors: |
Miramax Films
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| Production Co.: |
Titti Films, Arte France Cinema, Respiro, Memento Films
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| Financiers: |
RAI Cinema, Eurimages, Studio Canal, TPS Star, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Media Programme of the European Union, Centre National de la Cinematographie (CNC), Les Soficas Cofimage 16, Sofica Soficinema, Banque Populaire Images 5 and 6
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,063,647 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Sicily, Italy
Argentina
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| Produced in: |
France |
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