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📅 1988 ⏱ 2h 4min PG Released FHD / 4K

Cinema Paradiso

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

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

DramaRomance

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.

🎬 DirectorGiuseppe Tornatore

📅 Release1988-11-17

🌍 CountryItaly, France

🗣 LanguageItalian

🏢 StudioCristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, Rai 3

🗳 Votes4,776

🔥 Popularity11

💰 Budget$5,000,000

💵 Revenue$35,962,062

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🎭 Cast

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

Nicola Di Pinto

Village idiot

Roberta Lena

Lia

Nino Terzo

Peppino's Father

🎥 Crew

Director Giuseppe Tornatore

Screenplay Giuseppe Tornatore

Producer Franco Cristaldi

Producer Giovanna Romagnoli

Original Music Composer Ennio Morricone

Director of Photography Blasco Giurato

Editor Mario Morra

Sound Mixer Alberto Doni

Writer Vanna Paoli

Special Effects Coordinator Giovanni Corridori

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🏷 Keywords

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💬 Reviews

Andres Gomez ⭐ 8/10

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

Shreyance Parakh ⭐ 10/10

**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, all of it makes this an absolutely beautiful gem of a movie. One of the best movies that i ever saw…

tmdb86370050 ⭐ 9/10

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 actually had to crank the film projectors early on, before the automatic film projectors started coming …