Cinema Paradiso
An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.
11/17/1988
Imdb: tt0095765
Tmdb: 11216
Popularity: 45.671
Vote: 8.5/10 (4178)

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.
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)
Enzo Cannavale
Spaccafico
Isa Danieli
Anna
Leo Gullotta
Ignazio, usher
Pupella Maggio
Maria Di Vita (aged)
Leopoldo Trieste
Father Adelfio
Tano Cimarosa
Fabbro, blacksmith
Nicola Di Pinto
Village idiot
Roberta Lena
Lia
Nino Terzo
Peppino's Father
Turi Giuffrida
Mariella Lo Giudice
Giorgio Libassi
Beatrice Palme
Ignazio Pappalardo
Angela Leontini
Mimmo Mignemi
Turi Killer
Angelo Tosto
Franco Catalano
Brigitte Fossey
Elena Mendola (adult) (in Director's cut) (uncredited)
Giuseppe Tornatore
Projectionist (uncredited)
Nellina Lagana
Margherita Mignemi
Giuseppe Pellegrino
Concetta Borpagano
Midnight Run
The Best Offer
Seven Samurai
Baaria
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
The Legend of 1900
City of God
Life Is Beautiful
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Powaqqatsi
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Malena
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Metropolis
Edward Scissorhands
The Postman
Mediterraneo
Knick Knack
City Lights
Correspondence
Yes, God, Yes
Rewind
The Art of Moving Forward
The Last Summer
The Boy and the Beast
Blossom
Hundred Acre Wood
Champion
After the War
1922
A Stranger in Town
Shed Skin Papa
Saturday Church
Bliss
And the Boys Go
Sicilian Ghost Story
The Ciambra
The Intruder
Custody
Time Freak
parent child relationship
sicily, italy
movie business
kiss
coming of age
flashback
magic realism
haunted by the past
censorship
nuovo cinema paradiso
movie theater