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: 34.535
Vote: 8.4/10 (4364)

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
Brigitte Fossey
Elena Mendola (adult) (in Director's cut) (uncredited)
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
Giuseppe Tornatore
Projectionist (uncredited)
Nellina Lagana
Margherita Mignemi
Giuseppe Pellegrino
Concetta Borpagano
Baaria
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Midnight Run
The Legend of 1900
Seven Samurai
The Best Offer
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Life Is Beautiful
The Postman
City of God
Malena
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Metropolis
Das Boot
City Lights
Powaqqatsi
Not of This Earth
Bicycle Thieves
Edward Scissorhands
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Canon de riego
Ask the Dust
Live and Become
Benny's Video
Paranoid Park
Golden Door
We Own the Night
Kebab Connection
Lorenzo's Oil
Persepolis
Moonstruck
Spoiled Children
Kolya
Almost Famous
Mrs. Doubtfire
Closely Watched Trains
The Fog
Annaluise & Anton
Annaluise & Anton
Roman Holiday
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