Rent Cinema Paradiso: Director's Cut (1988)
4.3 of 5 from 87 ratings
2h 48min
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- Synopsis:
It begins with a funny, touching evocation of a rambunctious Sicilian childhood, as six-year-old Toto (the irresistible Salvatore Cascio) becomes first an irritant and then a willing assistant to the gruff projectionist Alfredo (Philippe Noiret) at the local cinema, the Paradiso. A decade later, now going by his full name of Salvatore (Marco Leonardi), he falls in love with a girl out of his social league, takes his first tentative creative steps in the world of film and decides to leave home for good. Finally, the adult Salvatore (Jacques Perrin) ruefully reflects on the personal and emotional cost of his artistic success, and how much he owes to Alfredo. The beautiful score by Ennio Morricone and his son Andrea bathes the film in a warmly nostalgic glow. - Actors:
- Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta, Marco Leonardi, Pupella Maggio, Agnese Nano, Leopoldo Trieste, Salvatore Cascio, Tano Cimarosa, Nicola Di Pinto, Roberta Lena, Nino Terzo, Jacques Perrin
- Directors:
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Producers:
- Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli
- Writers:
- Giuseppe Tornatore, Vanna Paoli
- Aka:
- Nuovo Cinema Paradiso / Cinema Paradiso: The New Version
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso, Holidays Film Collection, Our Service, The Cinema Paradiso Kissing Montage
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/12/2013
- Run Time:
- 174 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian DTS 5.1, Italian LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two versions of the film - 124 minute theatrical version and the 174 minute Director's Cut
- Audio commentary with director Giuseppe Tornatore and Italian cinema expert critic Millicent Marcus
- A Dream of Sicily - A 52-minute documentary profile of Giuseppe Tornatore featuring interviews with the director and extracts from his early home movies as well as interviews with director Francesco Rosi and painter Peppino Ducato, set to music by the legendary Ennio Morricone
- A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise - A 27-minute documentary on the making of 'Cinema Paradiso' and the characters of Toto and Alfredo, featuring interviews the actors who play them, Philippe Noiret and Salvatore Cascio as well as Tornatore
- The Kissing Sequence - Giuseppe Tornatore discusses the origins of the kissing scenes with clips identifying each scene
- Original Director's Cut Theatrical Trailer and 25th Anniversary Re-Release Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Cinema Paradiso: Director's Cut
Bitter-sweet Comedy - and a Homage to Cinema - Cinema Paradiso: Director's Cut review by AndyM
I stumbled on this while searching for Cinema Paradiso when I first joined up after Amazon had bought up, and then closed, Love Film, getting rid of one of their sources of competition. I enjoy foreign films, because they give insights into a different culture, with different customs, values, and sense of humour. Often, foreign films deal more with relationships, and emotions, rather than the Holywood diet of "action", and so are more my kind of film. This film also portrays the importance of cinema in the social life of a small town before the days of TV and the characters are all bound up in the local cinema, the "Cinema Paradiso", and the action is interspersed with clips from old classic films that the towns-folk somewhat rowdily enjoy. There are side issues, making comedy out of the strange discord between the hot-blooded passion of Italian romantic love, and the prudery of the Roman Catholic Church, which furnishes a rather amusing ending. There is also the story of the relationship between Alfredo, the projectionist, and Toto, the cinema obsessed boy, and also Toto's life story, growing into manhood, and middle age, and his one true love.
I found this a very engaging and amusing film, even if a little poignantly sad, in parts. It is well worth watching.
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