Nuovomondo (2006)
- Directed by
- Emanuele Crialese
- Genre
- drama film, historical film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 149 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Sicilian family leaves their rural home in the early 1900s to sail to America for a new life. The film follows their journey from the dusty countryside to the crowded steamship and through the processing halls of Ellis Island.
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What happens
Golden Door (Italian: Nuovomondo, lit. 'New World') is a 2006 historical romantic drama film written and directed by Emanuele Crialese, based on a family's migration from Italy to New York City at the beginning of the 20th century. The film opens on location in Sicily and concludes in the United States. (The Ellis Island sequences were shot at a studio in Rome and Buenos Aires.) Vincent Schiavelli, whose character was originally planned to play a major part, died during the filming, forcing his role to become a supporting character. The film premiered at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 2006 to critical praise and received seven nominations (with six wins) at the festival. Many praised the director's focus on sound and visual composition. Others focused on the lack of typical iconography of the time (such as the Statue of Liberty). Martin Scorsese was involved in the marketing, and introduced the film at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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