Golden Door

A compelling, poignant, award-winning film about the harrowing, hope-filled journey of an illiterate, dirt-poor Italian widower (Vincenzo Amato) who travels to America with his elderly mother (Aurora Quattrocchi), two sons (Francesco Casisa and Filippo Pucillo), and two virginal brides to be (Federica De Cola and Isabella Ragonese); meets a captivating, headstrong Englishwoman (Charlotte Gainsbourg) who proposes marriage; and along with his fellow immigrants, he endures an arduous and dehumanizing series of medical, mental, and psychological examinations after arriving on Ellis Island before gaining admittance to the United States.
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