Cinema Paradiso
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
“ An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies. ”
CINEMA1988-11-17
DIGITAL2011-06-07
RegionIT / FR
Runtime124 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
DIRECTOR / Director
Giuseppe Tornatore
KEYWORDS
parent child relationshipsicilyitalymovie businesskisscoming of ageflashbackmagic realismnostalgichaunted by the pastcensorshipnuovo cinema paradisomovie theater
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Theme Set|20 Movies
Leaving the Hometown: Provincial Exile & Unreachable Nostalgia
The soil we fought so desperately to escape in youth—turning into an unreachable ache of nostalgia years later.
A station platform parting with a mentor's urgent farewell, coal town boys watching homemade rockets pierce grey skies, and snowy sidewalks carrying sudden waves of childhood memory. From Cinema Paradiso and October Sky to Billy Elliot and Lady Bird, tracing provincial departure.
