Nuovomondo (2006)
Nella Sicilia degli inizi del Novecento, Salvatore fa un voto e chiede un segno al cielo: vuole imbarcarsi per il nuovomondo e condurre in America i figli e l’anziana madre. Il segnale è una cartolina di propaganda che ritrae minuscoli contadini accanto a galline giganti o a carote sproporzionate. Venduta ogni cosa posseduta, Salvatore lascia la Sicilia alla volta dell’America. Durante la traversata oceanica incontra la bella Lucy, una young lady che indossa il cappello ed è più elegante della figlia del sindaco del paese. Luce parla la lingua dell’America e cerca un compagno da impalmare per ritornarci da signora. Salvatore, da vero galantuomo, accoglie la sua avance. Il lungo viaggio approderà ad Ellis Island, l’isola della quarantena dove si decideranno gli ingressi e i rimpatri.
Direttore: Emanuele Crialese
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Charlotte Gainsbourg as Lucy Reed |
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Vincenzo Amato as Salvatore Mancuso |
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Aurora Quattrocchi as Fortunata Mancuso |
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Francesco Casisa as Angelo Mancuso |
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Filippo Pucillo as Pietro Mancuso |
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Vincent Schiavelli as Don Luigi |
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Federica De Cola as Rita D'Agostini |
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Isabella Ragonese as Rosa Napolitano |
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Massimo Laguardia as Mangiapane |
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Filippo Luna as Don Ercole |
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Andrea Prodan as Del Fiore |
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Ernesto Mahieux as Dr. Zampino |
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Marcelo Benassi as Il Gatto |
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Giuseppe Sangiorgi as Uomo Olive |
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Alessandra Fazzino as Santa |
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Giuseppe Culino as Dottore |
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Natale Russo as Examiner (voice) |
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Vincenzo Diglio as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Chiara Gioncardi as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Paola Lelio as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Ninni Bruschetta as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Oriana Celentano as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Nino D'Agata as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Antonio Angrisano as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Salvatore Gioncardi as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Cetti Arancio as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Doriana Chierici as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Adriana Angrisano as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Paolo De Vita as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Ilaria Giorgino as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Gaetano Lizzio as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Massimiliano Plinio as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Gianfranco Miranda as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Antonio Tallura as Italian Emigrant (voice) |
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Alexia Murray as American Official (voice) |
| Editing | Maryline Monthieux | Editor |
| Production | Fabrizio Mosca | Producer |
| Production | Norma Angeleri | Casting |
| Production | Alexandre Mallet-Guy | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariano Tufano | Costume Design |
| Art | Carlos Conti | Production Design |
| Directing | Emanuele Crialese | Director |
| Camera | Agnès Godard | Director of Photography |
| Production | Emanuele Crialese | Producer |
| Sound | Antonio Castrigano | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Christian Rajaud | VFX Supervisor |
| Art | Adrián Suárez | Art Department Assistant |
| Writing | Emanuele Crialese | Writer |
| Sound | Pierre-Yves Lavoué | Sound |
| Production | Bernard Bouix | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tommaso Calevi | Executive Producer |