

Cinema Paradiso
An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $36M
- Language
- Italian
- parent child relationship
- sicily, italy
- movie business
- kiss
- coming of age
- flashback
- magic realism
- nostalgic
- haunted by the past
- censorship
- nuovo cinema paradiso
- movie theater
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- TheatricalU16 Aug 1991
- PhysicalUA3 Mar 2003
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York2 Feb 1990
- TheatricalPG23 Feb 1990
- Theatrical (limited)PGdirector's cut14 Jun 2002
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG25 Feb 1990
- TheatricalPGre-release17 Dec 1999
- PhysicalPGDVD21 May 2001
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical26 Dec 1989
- PhysicalMDVD19 Jul 2006
CanadaCA
- Theatrical12 Sept 1989
- Theatricaldirector's cut24 May 2002
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical8 Feb 1990
- Theatricalre-release18 Sept 2014
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical12 Oct 1989
BrazilBR
- Theatrical102 Mar 1990
- Physical141 Jan 2000
ChinaCN
- Theatrical15 Jun 2019
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical26 Jan 1990
- Theatricalre-release18 Jun 2009
FinlandFI
- TheatricalS15 Dec 1989
- TheatricalK-16re-release7 Mar 2018
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival21 May 1989
- TheatricalU20 Sept 1989
- PhysicalDVD13 Jun 2001
- Digital / OTTVOD7 Jun 2011
- PhysicalBlu-Ray4 Sept 2013
- Theatricalre-release10 Jun 2015
Frequently asked questions
Cinema Paradiso was released on 17 November 1988.
Audience reviews
4- A8/10
Andres Gomez
11/13/2012
Nice comedy-drama about the youth at the small town of an Italian kid.
- S10/10
Shreyance Parakh
5/4/2017
**Soulful** Why did it had to end... The movie was like a breath of fresh air.Every thing about it was so refreshing and soulful that you can never get bored of it.It's one of those movies that you can watch again and again and again...The music, the story, the acting, the direction, the editing, all of it makes this an absolutely beautiful gem of a movie. One of the best movies that i ever saw and will ever see n…
- T9/10
tmdb86370050
5/14/2017
When you think about cinematography, nowadays you usually think about digital cinematography. But during the early '50s, '60s, and onward, there was a use of this thing called film. Film was what they used in cameras before cameras actually saved them into memory slots digitally. Projectionists actually had to crank the film projectors early on, before the automatic film projectors started coming in, otherwise the fi…
- F10/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
4/3/2023
**Magnificent.** I saw this movie for the first time a good few years ago, but I only decided to talk about it now, after seeing it again. For me, it is one of the best Italian films ever made. It's like a modern fairy tale, showing us the fascinating side of cinema and reminding us why we love it. Of course, everything passes, and cinema has gone through many phases, it has undergone metamorphoses, and the end of…
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