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Where was Nuovomondo filmed?

2007 film, directed by Emanuele Crialese.

  • Buenos Aires

The story is set in Sicily, about 6,811 miles (10,962 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Sicily; Sicily; Ellis Island
Filmed in
Buenos Aires
Distance
About 6,811 miles (10,962 km) between Sicily and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 6,811 miles (10,962 km) between Sicily and the nearest filming location.
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About Nuovomondo

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Released
2007
Director
Emanuele Crialese
Cast
Charlotte GainsbourgVincenzo AmatoAurora QuattrocchiFrancesco CasisaFederica De ColaIsabella RagoneseVincent SchiavelliMassimo LaguardiaErnesto MahieuxFilippo Pucillo
Genre
DramaHistorical
Awards
David di Donatello for Best Visual Effects

Salvatore takes his family consisting of his two sons as well as his old mother, Fortunata, who is the village folk healer and involved heavily in mysticism.

Salvatore is immediately smitten with this woman throughout the journey.

Upon arrival at Ellis Island, Lucy asks Salvatore to marry her purely for administrative reasons, as being a woman she is unable to enter the United States alone.

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