A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
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Set in an Italian village Salvatore finds himself enchanted by the flickering images at the Cinema Paradiso yearning for the secret of the cinema’s magic. When the projectionist Alfredo agrees to reveal the mysteries of moviemaking a deep friendship is born. The day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream of making movies of his own. Thirty years later he receives a message that beckons him back home to a secret and beautiful discovery that awaits him. [Miramax]
Starring: Philippe Noiret Enzo Cannavale Antonella Attili
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Languages: English Italian Portuguese
Genre(s): Drama Comedy Romance
Runtime: 121 minutes.
Not Rated
Continued Big Screen Classics line-up:
Dec. 17: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Dec. 31: Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Kahn (1982)
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