Country: Italy
Year: 1988
Runtime: 155 minutes
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio, Salvatore Cascio
IMDb rating: 8,5
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 23 nominations.
- 1990: Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film;
- 1990: Golden Globes for Best Foreign Language Film;
- 1991: BAFTA Awards: Best Actor, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Film not in the English Language, Best Original Film Score, Best Screenplay - Original.

Synopsis:
In Rome, in the 1980s, famous Italian film director Salvatore Di Vita returns home late one evening, where his girlfriend sleepily tells him that his mother called to say someone named Alfredo has died. Salvatore obviously shies from committed relationships and has not been to his home village of Giancaldo, Sicily in 30 years. As his girlfriend asks him who Alfredo is, Salvatore flashes back to his childhood.
It is a few years after World War II. Six-year-old Salvatore is the mischievous, intelligent son of a war widow. Nicknamed Toto, he discovers a love for films and spends every free moment at the movie house Cinema Paradiso. Although they initially start off on tense terms, he develops a friendship with the fatherly projectionist, Alfredo, who takes a shine to the young boy and often lets him watch movies from the projection booth. During the shows, the audience can be heard booing when there are missing sections, causing the films to suddenly jump, bypassing a critical romantic kiss or embrace. The local priest had ordered these sections censored, and the deleted scenes are piled on the projection room floor. At first, Alfredo considers Toto a bit of a pest, but eventually he teaches Salvatore to operate the film projector…

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