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Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
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Cast
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Isa Danieli | ... |
Anna
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Leo Gullotta | ... |
Usher
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Pupella Maggio | ... | |
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Leopoldo Trieste | ... |
Father Adelfio
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Tano Cimarosa | ... |
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Nicola Di Pinto | ... |
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Roberta Lena | ... |
Lia
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Nino Terzo | ... |
Peppino's Father
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| Brigitte Fossey | ... | ||
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A famous film director remembers his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He returns home to his Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years and is reminded of his first love, Elena, who disappeared from his life before he left for Rome. Written by &view=simple&sort=alpha&ref_=tt_stry_pl">Graeme Roy <gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk>
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A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.Genres:
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Release Date:
23 February 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cinema Paradiso See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$25,899 (USA) (14 June 2002)Gross:
$392,045 (USA) (26 July 2002)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (Europa Cinema Festival) | (cut theatrical)Sound Mix:
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Maria Di Vita - Older: [in Italian]
[on the phone]
Maria Di Vita - Older: Yes, Salvatore di Vita. You mean you don't know him, Miss? That's right, and I'm his mother. I've been calling from Sicily, all day long. I understand, he's not there.
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The character played by Brigitte Fossey was included in the first theatrical version of the film (155 minutes, released in November 1988) but then dropped in the shorter re-release (124 minutes, May 1989), which was shown internationally. Her scenes were eventually reinstated in the extended version (173 minutes). See more »Goofs
While Toto is in the Italian army, he is shown with a close-cropped military haircut. After he is discharged and returns home, his hair is suddenly long again. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Maria Di Vita - Older: [in Italian]
[on the phone]
Maria Di Vita - Older: Yes, Salvatore di Vita. You mean you don't know him, Miss? That's right, and I'm his mother. I've been calling from Sicily, all day long. I understand, he's not there.
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Whether you are a professional or an amateur it is always wise to avoid superlatives with regard to a movie critique ... but I cannot. 'Cinema Paradiso' is simply the finest movie I have ever seen. Like many who have posted at this site before me I have seen it many many times. It reaches within me to places other movies have never reached and I have often wondered why. Perhaps it is because of it's simplicity. It contains no expensive special effects, it has no gratuitous sex or violence, it has no "multi-millon dollar per performance" actors that I know of, it is arguable whether it even has a story line, and yet it soars far above the nonsense that film makers are producing these days. It's characters are portrayed by each and every actor in award winning style and the music is not only beautiful but absolutely perfect for this film.
It is quite simply the story of a human life and it's tragedies and triumphs within the context of a vocation. A young boy matures and gradually learns the lessons of life, cultivates his passion for the cinema, and is rewarded with professional success; however, he remains unfulfilled for true love has escaped him only to return in the form of a gift of love which transcends time, space, and death to reveal at the closing of the film Toto's one true mistress.
A staggering triumph of both the cinematic art and of story telling and yet there may be found people who do not like this movie .... I tend to keep such people at arms length and maintain a wary eye fixed upon them at all times.