When

Wendesday, February 13- 7:00pm & 9:30pm

Where

Mountainlair Gluck Theatre

About the Show

Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora Quattrocchi

Directed by Emanuele Crialese

Rated PG-13; 120 minutes; 2006

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 arriving 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 customs officers. In Italian with English subtitles.