O siciliano Salvatore decide deixar sua terra natal com seus dois filhos e partir numa longa jornada com outros companheiros em busca de uma vida melhor no novo continente. Porém nem todos conseguem atravessar as portas do paraíso.
O siciliano Salvatore decide deixar sua terra natal com seus dois filhos e partir numa longa jornada com outros companheiros em busca de uma vida melhor no novo continente. Porém nem todos conseguem atravessar as portas do paraíso.
O siciliano Salvatore decide deixar sua terra natal com seus dois filhos e partir numa longa jornada com outros companheiros em busca de uma vida melhor no novo continente. Porém nem todos conseguem atravessar as portas do paraíso.
Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic but isolated island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. She shows signs of manic depressive behavior — one moment she's laughing wildly and swimming half-naked in the sea, while the next she's curled in a ball on her bed. Out of her earshot, the adult members of her extended family vaguely discuss sending her to a facility of some sort in Northern Italy.
Grazia is a free-spirited mother-of-three married to shy fisherman Pietro and living on the idyllic but isolated island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea. She shows signs of manic depressive behavior — one moment she's laughing wildly and swimming half-naked in the sea, while the next she's curled in a ball on her bed. Out of her earshot, the adult members of her extended family vaguely discuss sending her to a facility of some sort in Northern Italy.
Antonio is a seductive, charismatic Sicilian living illegally in New York. He wanders from job to job, lives as a squatter and enjoys a carefree romantic tryst with a wealthy art dealer. When he falls in love with Ellen, a strong-willed radio talk-show host who is set to move to Paris within a few days, he decides he must find a way to keep her from leaving.
Antonio is a seductive, charismatic Sicilian living illegally in New York. He wanders from job to job, lives as a squatter and enjoys a carefree romantic tryst with a wealthy art dealer. When he falls in love with Ellen, a strong-willed radio talk-show host who is set to move to Paris within a few days, he decides he must find a way to keep her from leaving.
