Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi
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.
DVD Release Date: February 18, 2003
Stats: 5,237 reviews
A beautiful film about love, friendship, sacrifice and cinema! It's pretty much perfect as films go and I could watch it again and again - the true test of a films worth!
Firstly I have to say the young boy who played Salvatore has to be one of the most talented and adorable young Actors ever, he completely grips your attention. He is comical and a rebel in the making and had the film ended as Salvatore ages I would have been just as impressed wi...( read more)
"A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting 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.
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A damn good movie...absolutely amazing and heartwarming...makes me love cinema even more
To live inside a fable, where we can play with time, places and sentiments, a perfect sphere of existence that can only be reached in dreams is a pleasant thought we all cinephiles love to have. As mere mortals, or the infants we still are, we have two ways to conquer that fantas...( read more)
Cio' che il cinema e' e deve essere secondo Tornatore. Un film profondo e perfetto in ogni particolare che offre spunti filosofici e psicologici ma sopratutto che sa far ridere e commuovere nella sua stuttura classica ma al tempo stesso rivoluzionaria (basti vedere i lunghissimi ...( read more)
Best Foreign Language Film 1988 - Best Score 1988 - Best Cinematography 1988 - Best Original Screenplay 1988
I'm spent a very sad afternoon after watching Cinema Paradiso.....I'm still feeling down from it.....and for a film to touch you that way, it's got to be a masterpiece. There's nothing that special in the plot, there's nothing special about anything in the movie really but there'...( read more)
for the name of God ,who voted that this film has to do with
81/2 by Fellini ? what is the connection ? because they speak Italian ?
anyway it was fair , that the film is Academy award
A beautiful movie about, well, movies! And the LOVE STORIES interspersed in it are just as captivating. In addition, maestro Ennio Morricone's score simply takes your breath away and makes your soul soar! Awesome music, even sanative for me! A treasure of a rare cinematic accomplishment! It will always be one of all-time favorites!
the first time i watched this movie was back in grade school during an film-showing activity in one of my classes. it was "love at first watch" for me.
i'm so happy that now i am a proud owner of a "cinema paradiso" dvd... =D
after watching this movie i quit watching movies for sometime.........wait that was supposed to be for a long time ......
but uhuu i am back on flixster :P
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