Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- France, Italy
Why tonight?
- In Italian — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- ship
- attachment to nature
- restart
- parent child relationship
- tradition
- italy
- sicily
- italy
- home
- superstition
- emigration
The bill
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Lucy Reed
Vincenzo Amato
Salvatore Mancuso
Aurora Quattrocchi
Fortunata Mancuso
Francesco Casisa
Angelo Mancuso
- Filippo Pucillo — Pietro Mancuso
- Vincent Schiavelli — Don Luigi
- Federica De Cola — Rita D'Agostini
- Isabella Ragonese — Rosa Napolitano
- Massimo Laguardia — Mangiapane
- Filippo Luna — Don Ercole
- Andrea Prodan — Del Fiore
- Ernesto Mahieux — Dr. Zampino
- Marcelo Benassi — Il Gatto
- Giuseppe Sangiorgi — Uomo Olive
- Alessandra Fazzino — Santa
- Directed
- Emanuele Crialese
- Written
- Emanuele Crialese
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 148 ratings
- Studio
- Titti Film, Memento Production, ARTE France Cinéma, Respiro
If this stayed with you
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