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Cinema Paradiso

  • Rated PG
  • 2hr 35m
  •  (1)
  • 80

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Producer:

Franco Cristaldi, Giovanna Romagnoli

Writer:

Vanna Paoli

Release Date:

Feb 23, 1990

Runtime:

2hr 35m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

  • Antonella Attili
  • Enzo Cannavale
  • Isa Danieli
  • Leo Gullotta
  • Marco Leonardi
  • Pupella Maggio
  • Agnese Nano
  • Leopoldo Trieste
  • Salvatore Cascio
  • Philippe Noiret

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Metacritic

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Based on 21 Critics
8.6

USER SCORE (209)

Universal acclaim based on 209 Reviews
80

If ever a movie came from the heart, it was Giuseppe Tornatore's nostalgic Cinema Paradiso (1988) now getting a rerelease to celebrate its silver jubilee.

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Metacritic review by Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
50

Originally a two-part film running about three hours, this treacle has been reduced by almost a third, though it still seems to run on forever -- a bit like life but much less interesting.

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Metacritic review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
100

Remain open to fantasies but not be consumed by them. These are good lessons for a would-be director. They are good lessons for everybody. And no recent movie has taught them with more patient sweetness. [Feb. 5, 1990]

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Richard Schickel
Time
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