Catherine and Charles Scorsese featuring in a homemade documentary and acting as themselves, Martin Scorsese´s parents. The plot is simple, the family talks about their experiences as Italian immigrants in New York among other things while having dinner at their flat on Elizabeth Street (Mother even shows us how to cook meatballs, a recipe later explained in the credits of the film). The Family, religion, the origins, Italian ancestors, life in Italy after the war, the hardships of poor Sicilian immigrants in America striving to make ends meet, a leitmotif in Scorsese´s work. Martin Scorsese at Cannes in 2002 Martin Scorsese (born November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York, USA) is an American film director. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... America is usually meant as either: The Americas, the lands between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, usually subdivided into: North America South America The United States of America In the United States and other parts of the world (particularly English-speaking nations), America is used almost exclusively to refer to... A leitmotif (also spelled leitmotiv) is a recurring musical theme, associated within a particular piece of music with a particular person, place or idea. ...