Cinema Paradiso

5.00
    Cinema Paradiso
    1988

    Synopsis

    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.

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    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)
    • Enzo CannavaleSpaccafico
    • Isa DanieliAnna
    • Leo GullottaIgnazio, usher
    • Pupella MaggioMaria Di Vita (aged)

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Time

      Remain open to fantasies but not be consumed by them. These are good lessons for a would-be director. They are good lessons for everybody. And no recent movie has taught them with more patient sweetness. [Feb. 5, 1990]
    • 100

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      Cinema Paradiso converts you to the credo that art can indeed be holy.
    • 100

      San Francisco Chronicle

      You leave Cinema Paradiso with that feeling that's kind of like getting kicked in the stomach, but nice. It's one of those breathless, swept-away-by-a-movie experiences that you might have once a year, if you're lucky. [16 February 1990, Daily Notebook, p.E-1]
    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Anyone who loves movies is likely to love Cinema Paradiso.
    • 80

      Washington Post

      Just about everything you ever loved (or hated) about Italian films can be found.
    • 75

      USA Today

      Lovely “memory'' film. [2 March 1990, Life, p.4D]
    • 70

      Film.com

      A sweet, funny exercise in nostalgia, though it's also self-congratulatory and awfully calculating.
    • 50

      Chicago Reader

      Originally a two-part film running about three hours, this treacle has been reduced by almost a third, though it still seems to run on forever -- a bit like life but much less interesting.

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