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Synopsis: Young Salvatore Di Vita (Salvatore Cascio) discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso movie house, where projectionist Alfredo (Philippe Noiret) instills in the boy a deep love of films. When Salvatore grows up, falls in love with a beautiful local girl (Agnese Nano) and takes over as the Paradiso's projectionist, Alfredo must convince Salvatore to leave his small town and pursue his passion for filmmaking.
Genre: Drama
Production: Miramax Films
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 31 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.5
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1988
155 min
$239,630
Website
1,468 Views


4 GIANCALDO. CHURCH AND SACRISTY. INT. MORNING

An image from over forty years before. In the baroque church of

Giancaldo. SALVATORE is nine years old. Dressed as an altar boy, he

is kneeling by the altar with a little silver bell in his hands. The

congregation is also kneeling. The PRIEST is consecrating the Host.

Little SALVATORE has just got out of bed, is still half-asleep, yawns

and doesn't notice that the PRIEST is standing there with the Host in

the air glaring at him, as if trying to tell him something.

PRIEST:

Pss! Pssst!

SALVATORE finishes yawning and opening his eyes meets the

withering look of the PRIEST. He gets the message at once and

rings the bell. Now the PRIEST can carry on, lifts the chalice and

the bell is heard again.

Cut to:

The service is over. The PRIEST is in the sacristy removing his

vestments. And SALVATORE is also there, removing his altar-boy

tunic.

PRIEST:

But how can I make you understand?

Without the bell I just can't go on!

Always half asleep, you are! What do

you do at night anyway? Eat instead

of sleep?

SALVATORE:

Father, at my house we don't even eat

at noon. That's why I'm always

sleepy. That's what the vet says.

The PRIEST has finished disrobing. He takes the bell

SALVATORE was holding during the service and turns to leave.

PRIEST:

All right, Toto, get moving, I've got

things to do. Say hello to your

mother.

SALVATORE:

Can I...

PRIEST:

(Interrupting him)

And don't ask if you can come...

Because you can't!! Shoo, shoo, off

with you!!

SALVATORE gives a shrug and leaves. The PRIEST goes down a

corridor, opens a door, another corridor, and finally a door

leading to an outside courtyard. He cuts across it and disappears

into another door.

5 CINEMA PARADISO AND PROJECTION BOOTH. INT. MORNING

The PRIEST enters a movie house. Not very big 200 seats on the main

floor and another seventy in the balcony. Along the walls, posters of

films to be shown are stuck up between the light fixtures. In one corner,

a statue of the Virgin Mary with flowers. The CLEANING LADY has

finished work and is leaving. Up in the balcony, over the last row of

seats, are the holes of the projection booth. The middle hole is

camouflaged by the huge head of a roaring lion, all in plaster, and the

lens of the projector can be glimpsed between its sharp teeth.

there are two smaller holes, through which the figure of a man can be

made out, appearing and disappearing...It is ALFREDO, the

projectionist. He is around forty, skinny and bony with a tough

peasant face. He has finished loading the projector and is checking the

carbons in the arc lamp. Then he removes the glass from one of the

holes and looks down into the theatre, at the PRIEST who waves his

hand.

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Giuseppe Tornatore

Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered as one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema. In a career spanning over 30 years he is best known for directing and writing drama films such as The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer. Probably his most noted film is Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, for which Tornatore won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He directed also several advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana. more…

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