Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Antonella Attili | ... | Maria Di Vita - Younger | |
Enzo Cannavale | ... | Spaccafico | |
Isa Danieli | ... | Anna | |
Leo Gullotta | ... | Usher | |
Marco Leonardi | ... | Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita - Teenager | |
Pupella Maggio | ... | Maria Di Vita - Older | |
Agnese Nano | ... | Elena Mendola | |
Leopoldo Trieste | ... | Father Adelfio | |
Salvatore Cascio | ... | Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita - Child | |
Tano Cimarosa | ... | Blacksmith | |
Nicola Di Pinto | ... | Village Idiot | |
Roberta Lena | ... | Lia | |
Nino Terzo | ... | Peppino's Father | |
Jacques Perrin | ... | Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita - Adult | |
Philippe Noiret | ... | Alfredo |
A boy who grew up in a native Sicilian Village returns home as a famous director after receiving news about the death of an old friend. Told in a flashback, Salvatore reminiscences about his childhood and his relationship with Alfredo, a projectionist at Cinema Paradiso. Under the fatherly influence of Alfredo, Salvatore fell in love with film making, with the duo spending many hours discussing about films and Alfredo painstakingly teaching Salvatore the skills that became a stepping stone for the young boy into the world of film making. The film brings the audience through the changes in cinema and the dying trade of traditional film making, editing and screening. It also explores a young boy's dream of leaving his little town to foray into the world outside. Written by Clarisse P.
Giuseppe Tornatore's Nuovo cinema Paradiso (Cinema Paradiso) is everything good about the movies. It is a story about love. The love between a Father and Son, an Individual and his home, and the love for the movies. Even if this is not your favorite film, if you are a filmmaker, you have no choice but to say this is your all time favorite film (if not one of the greatest films ever made). If only for the movie's ending, this is a great film. The ending answers all of your questions and completes the story. The missing love from a Man's life. The missing pieces to all the stories (movies) found and made into a whole. The final message from beyond the grave, the ending is perfect. If the musical score doesn't put you in tears, the amazing visuals will push you over the edge. This is what all movies should be about. Terrific.