Cinema Paradiso

An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.

124 mins
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.

Jacques Perrin

Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)

Marco Leonardi

Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen)

Salvatore Cascio

Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)

Agnese Nano

Elena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)

Antonella Attili

Maria Di Vita (young)

Pupella Maggio

Maria Di Vita (aged)

Enzo Cannavale

Spaccafico

Leo Gullotta

Ignazio, usher

Leopoldo Trieste

Father Adelfio

Tano Cimarosa

Fabbro, blacksmith

Nicola Di Pinto

Village idiot

Nino Terzo

Peppino's Father

Brigitte Fossey

Elena Mendola (adult) (in Director's cut) (uncredited)

Giuseppe Tornatore

Projectionist (uncredited)

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Blasco Giurato

Director of Photography

Alberto Doni

Sound Mixer

Giovanni Corridori

Special Effects Coordinator

Andrea Morricone

Additional Soundtrack

Luca Montanari

Assistant Editor

Maurizio Trani

Makeup Artist

Luigi Bonanno

Assistant Costume Designer

Paolo Borselli

Hairstylist

Danilo Bollettini

Special Effects

Andrea Crisanti

Production Design

Giuseppe Giglietti

Assistant Director

Giuseppe Di Biase

Camera Operator

Massimo Anzellotti

Sound Effects Editor

Dan Edelstein

Supervising Sound Editor

Beatrice Bordone

Costume Design

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