Antonella Attili
Maria Di Vita - Younger
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Cinema Paradiso (Italian: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Italian pronunciation: [ˈnwɔːvo ˈtʃiːnema paraˈdiːzo], literally "New Paradise Cinema") is a 1988 coming-of-age dramedy film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
A boy who grew up in a native Sicilian Village returns home as a famous director after receiving news about the death of an old friend. Told in a flashback, Salvatore reminiscences about his childhood and his relationship with Alfredo, a projectionist at Cinema Paradiso.
In post-World War II Sicily, at the small village of Giancaldo, the fatherless eight-year-old boy, Salvatore "Totò" Di Vita, befriends Alfredo, the grizzled projectionist of the local Cinema Paradiso, and gains a mentor, and the father he never had.
Young Salvatore Di Vita (Salvatore Cascio) discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso movie house, where projectionist Alfredo...
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Oscar winner and simply an enigmatic film which will stay for centuries...A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his vill...
Cinema Paradiso (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Cinema Paradiso,” which is one of this year’s Oscar nominees for best foreign language film, takes place in Sicily in the final years before television.
