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

“An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.”
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.
- Status
- Released
- Original Title
- Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
- Original Language
- Italian
- Production
- Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, Rai 3, TF1 Films Production, Forum Picture
- Budget
- $5M
- Box Office
- $35.96M
Cast
Philippe NoiretAlfredo
Jacques PerrinSalvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
Marco LeonardiSalvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen)
Salvatore CascioSalvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)
Agnese NanoElena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)
Antonella AttiliMaria Di Vita (young)
Pupella MaggioMaria Di Vita (aged)
Brigitte FosseyElena Mendola (adult)
Enzo CannavaleSpaccafico
Isa DanieliAnna
Leo GullottaIgnazio, usher
Leopoldo TriesteFather AdelfioMedia
Official Trailer
User Reviews
**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 and will ever see not because it was any different from other movies or better written, directed or acted, but because it's MAGIC, it stays with you.The soul of the movie stays with you beyond the…
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 in, otherwise the film would catch on fire. This movie is about friendship between a projectionist in a film watcher/altar boy, and the film watcher/altar boy was young, maybe 4th grade age. This…
**Magnificent.** I saw this movie for the first time a good few years ago, but I only decided to talk about it now, after seeing it again. For me, it is one of the best Italian films ever made. It's like a modern fairy tale, showing us the fascinating side of cinema and reminding us why we love it. Of course, everything passes, and cinema has gone through many phases, it has undergone metamorphoses, and the end of the great classic movie theaters was one of them. And now? The pandemic has shown us that cinema can learn to survive without its theaters. And if we consider the manufacture of…
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What is Cinema Paradiso about?
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.
Who stars in Cinema Paradiso?
The movie stars Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Agnese Nano and more.
When was Cinema Paradiso released?
Cinema Paradiso was released in 1988 and is streaming free on FlixWow.
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