Fresh
Returning to cinemas in spiffily remastered form ... the film retains its wide-eyed charm, pitched halfway between unrestrained romanticism and unknowing kitsch.
Guy Lodge, Time Out
Cinema Paradiso
An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.
1988 · 2h 4m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Giuseppe Tornatore Director
- Philippe Noiret as Alfredo
- Jacques Perrin as Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Adult
- Marco Leonardi as Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Teenager
- Salvatore Cascio as Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Child
- Agnese Nano as Elena Mendola
- Antonella Attili as Maria Di Vita - Younger
- Pupella Maggio Cast
- Enzo Cannavale Cast
- Isa Danieli Cast
- Leo Gullotta Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The heightened symmetry of this new/old Cinema Paradiso makes the film a fuller experience, like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
In the director's cut, the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush, all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes.
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
The film's final hour, where nearly all the previous unseen material resides, is unconvincing soap opera that Tornatore was right to cut.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
Still rapturous after all these years, Cinema Paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Director
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- Cast
- Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico
IMDb
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes
54%
Metacritic
54
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