"Cinema Paradiso" is a story of a famous Italian film director Salvatore. After almost thirty years of absence he returned to his Sicilian village, where he reminisced about his happy past, joyful childhood years and his dear old friend Alfredo.
Alfredo was working as a projectionist, but movies for him were literary the sense of life and he took pride in presenting screen dreams for his native town, which was still recovering from the consequences of the World War II. Alfredo’s fascination with movies deeply inspired Salvatore, they became lifelong friends and shared the same passion.
Salvatore also recalled his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had no chance to live with. He moved to Rome in hope to forget about her and heal his broken heart.
This is a beautiful magical movie, where comedy is intertwined with nostalgia about the past, and romance goes along with pragmatism. It is interesting to observe how childhood hobbies, innocent from the first glance, can turn into real passion and become true purpose of life.
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