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: 42.103
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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)
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
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 Fossey
Elena Mendola (adult) (in Director's cut) (uncredited)
Giuseppe Tornatore
Projectionist (uncredited)
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Midnight Run
Baaria
Seven Samurai
The Legend of 1900
Life Is Beautiful
The Best Offer
The Postman
Malena
Knick Knack
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
City of God
Bicycle Thieves
Metropolis
Powaqqatsi
Not of This Earth
Edward Scissorhands
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
City Lights
Das Boot
Ein Funken Wahrheit
The Lonely Hearts Café
Youngest
Practice
One Hundred Steps
Distortion
Butterfly
Twelve Mile Road
Some Girls
Gemma Bovery
Sense of Tumour
Bitter Berry
Whispers of Yesterday
Crack of Dawn
Making Plans for Lena
In the Water
#will
Luna
Hormones and Other Demons
Mrs Lowry & Son
parent child relationship
sicily, italy
movie business
kiss
coming of age
flashback
magic realism
haunted by the past
censorship
nuovo cinema paradiso
movie theater
romantic