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Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Agnese Nano
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 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)
As Giuseppe Tornatore himself stated, "Cinema Paradiso" is an obituary to the old-time moviegoing audiences and the theaters that once brought joy and endless wonders to them. Unlike other films dealing with epilogues of certain themes (such as Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven"), "Ci...( read more)
I've 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)
The original theatrical version is surely great, a splendid homage to cinema and nostalgia, but check out the newly extended director's cut, a new and quite different experience that gives a lot more space to the love story creating a much richer and more complete narrative, so t...( read more)
