Movies about movies are amazing but this one is really special.
It is a movie about movies but its also about love and life.
It works really well together like how you put amazing ingredients in to make an amazing cake or whatever.
Cinema Paradiso
An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
11/17/1988Runtime
124 minsOverview
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
ItalianBudget
$5,000,000Revenue
$11,990,401Homepage
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A deeply nostalgic meditation on how cinema shapes us, told as a man returns to the memory of his boyhood self discovering movies and love in a small Sicilian village. It moves between innocent wonder and bittersweet longing, suffused with the magic of old film and the ache of time passed.
Mood
WistfulRomanticMelancholic
Themes
MemoryComing of ageLoveFriendshipArt and creation
Tone
Tender
Pacing
Meditative
Look
PainterlyNaturalistic
Structure
Framed flashback
Philippe Noiret
Alfredo
Jacques Perrin
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
Marco Leonardi
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen)
Salvatore Cascio
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)
Agnese Nano
Elena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)
Antonella Attili
Maria Di Vita (young)
Pupella Maggio
Maria Di Vita (aged)
Enzo Cannavale
Spaccafico
Isa Danieli
Anna
Leo Gullotta
Ignazio, usher
Leopoldo Trieste
Father Adelfio
Tano Cimarosa
Fabbro, blacksmith
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