Golden Door
2006 · 118 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 5,260 VOTES · DIR. Emanuele Crialese
Overview
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.
Dialogue Timeline — 558 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:58 Come on!
00:09:15 Shall we remove it?
00:14:47 - You're sure this time? - More than ever.
00:17:21 As for this, it's for Pietro.
00:20:17 Hold this!
00:23:27 So talk them round!
00:29:30 Salvatore, you see these two girls? I'm entrusting them to you.
00:33:42 - Are you ill? - We're going to America.
00:35:31 Mancuso, four of us and these ladies who are getting married.
00:37:38 You can go. Off you go!
00:43:48 I have my whole family with me!
00:46:22 - That's right. - In a week or so.
00:51:02 I hear they even have rivers of milk in California.
00:58:31 Apparently, Miss Luce was married to a nobleman.
01:12:46 You look younger without a mustache.
01:15:16 Put the bags down! Put the bags down!
01:17:00 Open your eyes. Keep still. We won't hurt you.
01:19:56 He's still shaken from the journey, poor kid.
01:23:50 This is the house.
01:32:44 Miss Rita D'Agostino, stand up, please.
01:36:16 Sergio Dominguez, I know you're here.
01:40:28 - Shall we climb up? - Let's do it.
01:44:52 What's going on? What do I do with this thing?
01:49:36 True, she talks a lot