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: 46.727
Vote: 8.4/10 (4385)

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)
Midnight Run
Baaria
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
The Legend of 1900
The Best Offer
Seven Samurai
Life Is Beautiful
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Malena
City of God
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Metropolis
Knick Knack
Not of This Earth
Powaqqatsi
The Postman
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Johnny Stecchino
North by Northwest
GoodFellas
Wings of Christmas
The Man Who Couldn't
On a Magical Night
Shani
Two Women
La Promesse
Mouth of Hell
A Taste of Honey
Looking for Alibrandi
An Education
A Far Off Place
Together
Get Real
Eva
White Squall
Shall We Kiss?
East Is East
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Mean Girls
War of the Buttons
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