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.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg as Lucy Reed
Vincenzo Amato as Salvatore Mancuso
Aurora Quattrocchi as Fortunata Mancuso
Francesco Casisa as Angelo Mancuso
Filippo Pucillo as Pietro Mancuso
Vincent Schiavelli as Don Luigi
Federica De Cola as Rita D'Agostini
Isabella Ragonese as Rosa Napolitano
Massimo Laguardia as Mangiapane
Filippo Luna as Don Ercole
Andrea Prodan as Del Fiore
Ernesto Mahieux as Dr. Zampino
Marcelo Benassi as Il Gatto
Giuseppe Sangiorgi as Uomo Olive
Alessandra Fazzino as Santa
Giuseppe Culino as Dottore
Natale Russo as Examiner (voice)
Vincenzo Diglio as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Chiara Gioncardi as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Paola Lelio as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Antonino Bruschetta as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Oriana Celentano as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Nino D'Agata as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Antonio Angrisano as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Salvatore Gioncardi as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Cetti Arancio as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Doriana Chierici as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Adriana Angrisano as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Paolo De Vita as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Ilaria Giorgino as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Gaetano Lizzio as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Massimiliano Plinio as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Gianfranco Miranda as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Antonio Tallura as Italian Emigrant (voice)
Alexia Murray as American Official (voice)
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