Cinema Paradiso
A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.
Plot: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.
Cast & Crew
Philippe Noiret
Alfredo
Jacques Perrin
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
Marco Leonardi
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen)
Salvatore Cascio
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)
Agnese Nano
Elena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)
Antonella Attili
Maria Di Vita (young)
Enzo Cannavale
Spaccafico
Isa Danieli
Anna
Leo Gullotta
Ignazio, usher
Pupella Maggio
Maria Di Vita (aged)
Leopoldo Trieste
Father Adelfio
Tano Cimarosa
Fabbro, blacksmith
Nicola Di Pinto
Village idiot
Roberta Lena
Lia
Nino Terzo
Peppino's Father
Sound
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Andrea Morricone
Additional Soundtrack
Franco Tamponi
Musician
Crew
Danilo Bollettini
Special Effects
Giovanni Corridori
Special Effects Coordinator
Angelo Ragusa
Stunts
Art
Andrea Crisanti
Production Design
Editing
Mario Morra
Editor
Camera
Blasco Giurato
Director of Photography
Directing
Giuseppe Tornatore
Director
Writing
Giuseppe Tornatore
Story
Costume & Make-Up
Maurizio Trani
Makeup Artist
Fun Facts of Movie
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Giuseppe Tornatore‘s intention was that this movie should serve as an obituary for traditional movie theatres (like the one on the film) and the movie industry in general. After the movie’s success he never mentioned this again.
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Included among the “1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die”, edited by Steven Schneider.
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By the end of 1956, Italy had 17,000 movie theaters, the most in Europe.
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The film was shot in Bagheria, Sicily, Giuseppe Tornatore‘s hometown. The director largely drew on his childhood experiences there as inspiration for the film.
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Philippe Noiret said all of his lines in French, his native language. He was later dubbed in Italian by Vittorio Di Prima. In the French version, Noiret dubbed himself.
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The love theme in the movie was composed by Andrea Morricone, although his father, Ennio Morricone, who scored the rest of the film, arranged the orchestration of the theme.
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