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Cinema Paradiso

8.4

Released November 17, 1988Runtime 2h 4min

An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RAI

Tre Forum

Les Films Ariane

TF1 Films Production

Production Countries

France

Italy

Finances

Budget: $5,000,000
Revenue: $11,990,401
Profit/Loss: $6,990,401

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Philippe NoiretAlfredo

Jacques PerrinSalvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)

Marco LeonardiSalvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen)

Salvatore CascioSalvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)

Agnese NanoElena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)

Antonella AttiliMaria Di Vita (young)

Pupella MaggioMaria Di Vita (aged)

Enzo CannavaleSpaccafico

Isa DanieliAnna

Leo GullottaIgnazio, usher

Leopoldo TriesteFather Adelfio

Tano CimarosaFabbro, blacksmith

Nicola Di PintoVillage idiot

Roberta LenaLia

Nino TerzoPeppino's Father

Turi Giuffrida

Mimmo Mignemi

Mariella Lo Giudice

Giorgio Libassi

Beatrice Palme

Ignazio Pappalardo

Angela Leontini

Turi Killer

Angelo Tosto

Franco Catalano

Nellina Lagana

Margherita Mignemi

Giuseppe Pellegrino

Concetta Borpagano

Brigitte FosseyElena Mendola (adult) (in Director's cut) (uncredited)

Giuseppe TornatoreProjectionist (uncredited)

Crew

Giuseppe TornatoreDirector

Giuseppe GigliettiAssistant Director

Giuseppe TornatoreScreenplay

Vanna PaoliWriter

Giuseppe TornatoreStory

Franco CristaldiProducer

Giovanna RomagnoliProducer

Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer

Blasco GiuratoDirector of Photography

Mario MorraEditor

Alberto DoniSound Mixer

Giovanni CorridoriSpecial Effects Coordinator

Andrea MorriconeAdditional Soundtrack

Andrea CrisantiProduction Design

Paolo BorselliHairstylist

Maurizio TraniMakeup Artist

Danilo BollettiniSpecial Effects

Angelo RagusaStunts

Alvaro PasseriAnimation

Luigi BonannoAssistant Costume Designer

Luca MontanariAssistant Editor

Giuseppe Di BiaseCamera Operator

Massimo AnzellottiSound Effects Editor

Dan EdelsteinSupervising Sound Editor

Beatrice BordoneCostume Design

Franco TamponiMusician

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Reviews

by Andres Gomez

Nice comedy-drama about the youth at the small town of an Italian kid.

by Shreyance Parakh

**Soulful** Why did it had to end... The movie was like a breath of fresh air.Every thing about it was so refreshing and soulful that you can never get bored of it.It's one of those movies that you can watch again and again and again...The music, the story, the acting, the direction, the editing...

by tmdb86370050

When you think about cinematography, nowadays you usually think about digital cinematography. But during the early '50s, '60s, and onward, there was a use of this thing called film. Film was what they used in cameras before cameras actually saved them into memory slots digitally. Projectionists act...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**Magnificent.** I saw this movie for the first time a good few years ago, but I only decided to talk about it now, after seeing it again. For me, it is one of the best Italian films ever made. It's like a modern fairy tale, showing us the fascinating side of cinema and reminding us why we love ...