剧情介绍
1913年，西西里的小岛上，有一个农民家庭：母亲笃信宗教，哥哥萨尔瓦多（文森特•阿玛托 Vincenzo Amato 饰）隐忍内向，弟弟平静如水，孙子又聋又哑，他们的生活极为贫苦。某天，一个美国人来到了这里，开始传播关于新大陆的诸般传奇，这让一家人找到了寻求美好生活的方向，经过一番讨论，最终他们决定偷渡到美国。他们穿上了皮靴，穿越叫卖的集市，登上了开赴美国的渡轮。在途中，他们结识了多次赴美未果的年轻女子露西亚（夏洛特•甘斯布 Charlotte Gainsbourg 饰），萨尔瓦多对露西亚产生了好感，但是母亲极力反对，所以两人只得眉目传情。但是某天，露西亚突然找到了萨尔瓦多，提出了一个令他意想不到的建议……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.