Paradiso cinema

Cinema Paradiso is an Italian film carried out by Giuseppe Tornatore, left in 1989.

Synopsis

To Rome, in the the Eighties, Salvatore, scenario writer in vogue, comes to learn death from his/her old friend Alfredo. It is a whole side of its past which collapses and he remembers. Forty years before, in Sicily, one called it Toto and it shared its spare time between the church where he was child of chorus and the parochial cinema, in particular the projection booth where Alfredo reigned which, through projected films, taught him the life….

Data sheet

French Title: Cinema Paradiso
original Title (Italian): Nuovo cinema Paradiso
Realization: Giuseppe Tornatore, assistants Giuseppe Giglietti and Pietra Tornatore
Scenario: Winnowed Paoli and Giuseppe Tornatore
Musique: Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
Image: Blasco Giurato
Assembly: Mario Morra
Sound: Free Finetti
special Effects: Danilo Bollettini and Giovanni Corridori
Decorations: Andrea Crisanti
Costumes: Beatrice Bordone
Production: Free Cristaldi for Cristaldifilm, Giovanna Romagnoli, Gabriella Carosio for the SPOKE, the Films ARIANE, TF1 Films Production
Distribution in France: ARIANE Distribution
Country of origin: Italy
Kind: drama
Lasted: 123 minutes (2. 03)
Format: Color 1:66, its mono
Coming out date: September 20th 1989

Distribution

Philippe Noiret: Alfredo
Salvatore Cascio : Salvatore child, Louse
Marco Leonardi: Adolescent Salvatore
Jacques Perrin: Adult Salvatore
Leopoldo Trieste: the father Adelfio
Antonella Attili: Young Maria
Pupella Maggio: Old Maria
Enzo Cannavale: Spaccafico
Isa Danieli : Anna
Leo Gullotta: Usher
Agnese Nano: Elena teenager
Brigitte Fossey: Adult Elena (in the version Director' S Cut)
Tano Cimarosa: the blacksmith
Nicola Di Pinto: the village idiot
Roberta Lena: Bound
Nino Terzo: the father of Peppino

Rewards

1989 : Price of the jury to the Cannes festival for Giuseppe Tornatore
1989: David di Donatello of the best music for Ennio Morricone
1989: Price of the European cinema:

of the best actor for Philippe Noiret
Special price of the jury for Giuseppe Tornatore

1990: Oscar of best film of foreign language
1990: César of the best poster for Jouineau-Bourdugue and Gilles Jouin
1990: Golden Globe of best film of foreign language
1990: Critics' Circle Film Award:

Price of the actor of the year for Philippe Noiret
Price of film of the year in foreign language

1990: Better film with the International festival of film of Cleveland
1990: Better film of foreign language to the Mainichi Film Contest
1990: Special price of the best young person actor of less than nine years in a foreign film with the Young Artist Awards for Salvatore Cascio
1991: BAFTA Award Film:

of the best actor for Philippe Noiret
of the best actor in a secondary role for Salvatore Cascio
of best nonanglophone film for Giuseppe Tornatore and Free Cristaldi
of the best original soundtrack for Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone
of the best original screenplay for Giuseppe Tornatore

1991: Robert of best foreign film to the Robert Awards for Giuseppe Tornatore

Around film

the first “grinding” of film was a 170 minute old version (2. 50). Because of an unfavourable classification, for “sexuality”, by the censure, Giuseppe Tornatore shortened it and the first version which left in room, to Italy, lasted 155 minute (2. 35). Because of the lack of frequentation in her country of origin, the duration of film was reduced to 123 minutes (2. 03) for the international distribution. In 2002, the version known as “director' S cut” 170 minutes was diffused (it is known with the the United States under the title Cinema Paradiso: The New Version ).
the sequence where adolescent Salvatore crosses out the days of the calendar of the year 1954 is prone to controversies as for the anachronisms and the factual anomalies:

At the time of the sequence of the examination at the school, Toto child is left-handed. In this scene of the calendar, one sees it crossing out the days of the calendar of the right hand!
the calendar presented in this scene is erroneous. The images show us one Friday the 1st er April whereas actually, this day is one Thursday.
This scene, “estampillée” 1954 by the year of the calendar, is preceded in film by sequences by the film And God… created the woman who, actually, date of 1956.

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