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Cinema Paradiso

Original title: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
  • 1988
  • PG
  • 2h 54m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
301K
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Cinema Paradiso (1988)
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Coming-of-AgeDramaRomance

Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love wit... Read allSalvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater's film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.

  • Director
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Writers
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Vanna Paoli
  • Stars
    • Philippe Noiret
    • Enzo Cannavale
    • Antonella Attili
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    301K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,278
    256
    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
      • Vanna Paoli
    • Stars
      • Philippe Noiret
      • Enzo Cannavale
      • Antonella Attili
    • 684User reviews
    • 134Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #48
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 25 wins & 33 nominations total

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    Philippe Noiret
    Philippe Noiret
    • Alfredo
    Enzo Cannavale
    Enzo Cannavale
    • Spaccafico
    Antonella Attili
    Antonella Attili
    • Maria Di Vita - Younger
    Isa Danieli
    Isa Danieli
    • Anna
    Leo Gullotta
    Leo Gullotta
    • Usher
    Marco Leonardi
    Marco Leonardi
    • Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita - Teenager
    Pupella Maggio
    Pupella Maggio
    • Maria Di Vita - Older
    Agnese Nano
    Agnese Nano
    • Elena Mendola
    Leopoldo Trieste
    Leopoldo Trieste
    • Father Adelfio
    Salvatore Cascio
    Salvatore Cascio
    • Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita - Child
    Tano Cimarosa
    Tano Cimarosa
    • Blacksmith
    Nicola Di Pinto
    Nicola Di Pinto
    • Village Idiot
    Roberta Lena
    Roberta Lena
    • Lia
    Nino Terzo
    Nino Terzo
    • Peppino's Father
    Jacques Perrin
    Jacques Perrin
    • Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita - Adult
    Nellina Laganà
    Turi Giuffrida
    Mariella Lo Giudice
    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
      • Vanna Paoli
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      By the end of 1956, Italy had 17,000 movie theaters, the most in Europe.
    • Goofs
      When Toto is young, the films that Alfredo gave him catch fire. They burn and ruin the only picture that his mother had of his father. When Toto is a grown up, this "burnt" picture is hanged on the wall totally unharmed.
    • Quotes

      Alfredo: Living here day by day, you think it's the center of the world. You believe nothing will ever change. Then you leave: a year, two years. When you come back, everything's changed. The thread's broken. What you came to find isn't there. What was yours is gone. You have to go away for a long time... many years... before you can come back and find your people. The land where you were born. But now, no. It's not possible. Right now you're blinder than I am.

      Salvatore: Who said that? Gary Cooper? James Stewart? Henry Fonda? Eh?

      Alfredo: No, Toto. Nobody said it. This time it's all me. Life isn't like in the movies. Life... is much harder.

    • Alternate versions
      Originally presented at the EuropaCinema Festival in a 173-minute edition. It was there released in Italy at 155 minutes; after a very poor box office performance, the film was pulled out of circulation and shortened to 124 minutes. After it won the Special Jury Prize at the 1989 Cannes festival and the Best Foreign Film Oscar, it was re-released in Italy on video first in its initial 155 minutes cut and then in the original 173-minutes director's cut.
    • Connections
      Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Titoli)
      Written by Ennio Morricone

    User reviews684

    Featured review
    10/10

    Amazing to the end

    The final scene is probably the best in the history.
    • rappy-68741
    • May 24, 2021
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    • Is 'Cinema Paradiso' based on a book?
    • What is it that Toto's mother should never tell Toto?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 1990 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Cinema Paradiso: The New Version
    • Filming locations
      • Cefalù, Palermo, Sicily, Italy(film screening in the port, Elena's house at Via Umberto I°, 3)
    • Production companies
      • Cristaldifilm
      • Les Films Ariane
      • Rai 3
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,397,210
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $16,552
      • Feb 4, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,030,027
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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