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.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Cristaldifilm
Language
it
Status
Released
How Cinema Paradiso performed
Budget
$5.0M
Worldwide Gross
$36.0M
Gross Profit
$31.0M
Return
7.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Alfredo
Philippe Noiret
Alfredo
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
Jacques Perrin
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (adult)
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen)
Marco Leonardi
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (teen)
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)
Salvatore Cascio
Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)
Elena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)
Agnese Nano
Elena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)
Maria Di Vita (young)
Antonella Attili
Maria Di Vita (young)
Maria Di Vita (aged)
Pupella Maggio
Maria Di Vita (aged)
Elena Mendola (adult)
Brigitte Fossey
Elena Mendola (adult)
Spaccafico
Enzo Cannavale
Spaccafico
Anna
Isa Danieli
Anna
Ignazio, usher
Leo Gullotta
Ignazio, usher
Father Adelfio
Leopoldo Trieste
Father Adelfio
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