Film Title
Cinema Paradiso
Director
Giuseppe Tornatore
Synopsis
Roma. The Eighties. At night.
The ringing phone surprises Salvatore di Vitta, a smart forty year old
film-maker. His mother’s voice and these few words: “Alfredo is dead”. It is
enough to make his childhood reappear, the Giancaldo village in Sicily, the
dusty and white square, the church and the parish cinema, where rules the
almighty figure of Alfredo, the projectionist...
Production Year
1988
Production Country
Italy
Running Time
2h04
With
Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale & Antonella Attili
Festivals/Awards
Festival de Cannes 1989: Winner of the Jury Prize
Academy Awards 1990: Winner of Best Foreign Language Film
BAFTA Awards 1991: Winner of Best Film Not in the English Language