COMTEC LICEO CLASSICO EUROPEO UMBERTO I TORINO ITALIA

THE QUESTIONNAIRE 40 people of our school were involved in this questionnaire. The questions were: Where were you born? Where were your parents born? Where were your grandparents born?

THE AIMS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE - to observe the national process of immigration; -to observe the international process of immigration; - to observe the changes in both of them during the years;

THE RESULTS

THE GOLDEN DOOR 2006 Director: Emanuele Crialese Cast: Vincenzo Amato (Salvatore) Charlotte Gainsburg (Luce) Aurora Quattrocchi (Fortunata)

PLOT This is a story about a poor Sicilian family, who decides to emigrate to the New World, believed to be a paradise. The first part of the movie concerns the journey and the life conditions on board. The second part takes place in Ellis Island, NY. Here the immigrants have to pass medical and intelligence tests and women have to arrange a marriage of convenience.

ITALIAN EMIGRATION In the period between 1876 and 1976 more than 23 mln of Italians emigrated hoping for a good job and a better life. Most of them moved to USA, South America, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany.

LAMERICA Director: Gianni Amelio Cast: Michela Placido (Fiore) Enrico Lo Verso (Gino)

PLOT The film, set in Albania during the fall of the Communist regime, is about Fiore, a con man from Italy, and Gino, his young apprentice, who wants to open a shoe factory. They set Spiro, a confused old man, as chairman. Fiore returns to Italy, in order to get funds from the government, while Gino tries to convince Spiro to join the board. Finally, he finds Spiro with a huge tide of poor Albanian people, who wants to reach Italy, the promised land. Gino loses his clothes and his passport and fall into poverty. The director, Gianni Amelio, has made a film, in which corruption and disruptions of the emigrants' realities are shown. The fall into poverty is like a descent into hell, but Spiro, despite his confusions, maintains his dignity and his dreams. . .

IMMIGRATION TO ITALY 31 December 2008: 3891295 foreigners living in Italy with regular permission. The wider communities are from Romania, Albania, Morocco, China, Ukraine, Philippines, Tunisia, Poland, India, Moldova and Egypt. Most of the immigrants are women.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION In Italy there are many irregular immigrants This problem can only be solved with the collaboration of the whole European community. Any suggestion?