2024 · drama · adventure
Naples to New York
Directed by Gabriele Salvatores2h 4m2024
In the immediate post-war period, amidst the rubble of a poverty-ridden Naples, two kids, Carmine and Celestina, try to survive as best they can by helping each other out. One night, they secretly board a ship bound for New York to reach Celestina’s sister, who emigrated to America several years earlier. The two children join the many Italian emigrants seeking a new life in America and arrive in an unknown metropolis, which, after several misadventures, they will learn to call home.
Our read: Naples to New York (2024) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured drama / adventure, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
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