The movie was filmed in Palazzo Adriano, a small town near Palermo, Sicily. The original version of the movie was 173 minutes long because it didn’t get enough success in Italy, it was cut to 123 minutes for the international release the full version was released in 2002. In the final scene, Totò is an adult and famous filmmaker he is watching a collage made with the scenes cut during his childhood at the cinema.Ĭinema Paradiso, written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore in 1988 with music by Ennio Morricone, in 1989 won the Golden Globe and Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film, plus the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. At the time love and kissing scenes were not allowed, so they had to cut them off. As a child, after WWII, going to the cinema is the favorite pastime in his town, and Totò grows a love for movies he also starts helping the local projectionist at first there is some tension between them, but they soon become great friends, and the projectionist acts as a father to Totò. Cinema Paradiso is the story of Salvatore, called Totò, born in a small Sicilian village.
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