2007 05 23 - Italian Film Festival
The Golden Door (Nuovomondo)
Directed by Emanuele Crialese, 2006, 120 minutes, NC16 - Some nudity
A modern fable that tells the story of people from the past. Of a voyage across time and space, impelled by pictures of a land dreamed of but never seen, an earthly paradise, a Garden of Eden where fruits grow perfect and huge, where money falls from the trees. The New World, America.
Sicily, 1913. In a desolate corner of the Sicilian countryside lives a family of peasants who have worked the same land for generations. The monotony of daily life is relieved by the arrival of a man from America. His job is to accompany the families of the men who have previously left and are now happily working in the Promised Land. To become citizens of the New World, they must die a little and be reborn. They must leave behind the antiquated customs and outdated beliefs of their homeland; they must be strong in body and healthy in mind, must learn to obey and swear loyalty if they wish to pass through The Golden Door. They must transform themselves from old-fashioned humans into modern ones.
From the director of the international hit "Respiro", "The Golden Door" tells the story of an odyssey: of a past abandoned, of a people transformed. Of history made and humanity reborn.
Awards
La Biennale di Venezia 2006 - Silver Lion Revelation; Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007: Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film, Gala Presentations
Directed by Emanuele Crialese, 2006, 120 minutes, NC16 - Some nudityA modern fable that tells the story of people from the past. Of a voyage across time and space, impelled by pictures of a land dreamed of but never seen, an earthly paradise, a Garden of Eden where fruits grow perfect and huge, where money falls from the trees. The New World, America.
Sicily, 1913. In a desolate corner of the Sicilian countryside lives a family of peasants who have worked the same land for generations. The monotony of daily life is relieved by the arrival of a man from America. His job is to accompany the families of the men who have previously left and are now happily working in the Promised Land. To become citizens of the New World, they must die a little and be reborn. They must leave behind the antiquated customs and outdated beliefs of their homeland; they must be strong in body and healthy in mind, must learn to obey and swear loyalty if they wish to pass through The Golden Door. They must transform themselves from old-fashioned humans into modern ones.
From the director of the international hit "Respiro", "The Golden Door" tells the story of an odyssey: of a past abandoned, of a people transformed. Of history made and humanity reborn.
Awards
La Biennale di Venezia 2006 - Silver Lion Revelation; Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007: Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film, Gala Presentations
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