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# Cinema Paradiso (Director's Cut) [DVD]

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## Description

Product Description Director Guiseppe Tornatore's bittersweet, Oscar-winning film focuses on the effect that cinema had on the inhabitants of a small Sicilian village during World War Two. After receiving news of the death of his old friend Alfredo, a famous movie director returns to his home village after spending 30 years away. In flashback, he recalls his fatherless childhood, his fascination with the films he saw at the local cinema, and his adventures with Alfredo, the cinema's projectionist. This director's cut features an extra 50 minutes of footage. desertcart.co.uk Review Giuseppe Tornatore's beautiful 1988 film about a little boy's love affair with the movies deservedly won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Philippe Noiret plays a grizzled old projectionist who takes pride in his presentation of screen dreams for a town still recovering from World War II. When a child (Jacques Perrin) demonstrates fascination not only for movies but also for the process of showing them to an audience, a lifelong friendship is struck. This isn't just one of those films for people who are already in love with the cinema. But if you are one of those folks, the emotional resonance between the action in Tornatore's world and the images on Noiret's screen will seem all the greater--and the finale all the more powerful. --Tom Keogh P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review It's a movie about movies for absolutely anyone who loves movies --Total FilmCinema Paradiso wraps you in a tender embrace and refuses to let go --EmpireA sweet hymn to the romance of cinema --Time OutCinema Paradiso wraps you in a tender embrace and refuses to let go --EmpireA sweet hymn to the romance of cinema --Time Out See more

Review: Well worth watching - A touching story of friendship and love. There are quite a few comical scenes with a sad reflective ending.
Review: Beautiful, funny, and moving. - It's clearly an excellent film. The characters are well drawn, the acting is strong throughout, and it's moving, funny, tragic, and engaging. There is that one scene you might think unsuitable for younger viewers, so possibly it's not really a 'PG' as it's currently listed (Oct 2025) but apart from that, it's very good.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B00004Y3OU |
| Actors  | Agnes Nano, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio |
| Aspect Ratio  | 4:3 - 1.33:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 35,689 in Electronics & Photo ( See Top 100 in Electronics & Photo ) 900 in DVD-VCR Combinations |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,097) |
| Director  | Guiseppe Tornatore |
| Is discontinued by manufacturer  | No |
| Item model number  | 5027035001951 |
| Language  | Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) |
| Media Format  | PAL |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Package Dimensions  | 18.8 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm; 85.05 g |
| Producers  | Franco Cristaldi |
| Rated  | Suitable for 15 years and over |
| Release date  | 21 May 2001 |
| Run time  | 2 hours and 47 minutes |
| Studio  | Arrow |
| Subtitles:  | English |
| Writers  | Guiseppe Tornatore |

## Product Details

- **Colour:** Colour
- **Format:** PAL
- **Language:** Italian
- **Runtime:** 2 hours and 47 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well worth watching
*by A***W on 5 February 2026*

A touching story of friendship and love. There are quite a few comical scenes with a sad reflective ending.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful, funny, and moving.
*by A***R on 9 October 2025*

It's clearly an excellent film. The characters are well drawn, the acting is strong throughout, and it's moving, funny, tragic, and engaging. There is that one scene you might think unsuitable for younger viewers, so possibly it's not really a 'PG' as it's currently listed (Oct 2025) but apart from that, it's very good.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a beautiful portrait of a Sicilian village community and a "love ...
*by R***S on 10 February 2015*

Cinema Paradiso is a serious movie buff's oxygen! No legitimate student of film can NOT be emotionally affected by it; no serious student of film can ever forget it! It is so many things: a tender story of friendship, a beautiful portrait of a Sicilian village community and a "love letter" to the cinema itself. As uplifting and heartwarming as the story is, it still does show that an obsessive love of something (such as films) can also result in sadness and regret: a man is able to have two "loves" in his life, but success in one of them comes at the expense of the other! There are actually two versions of this film that differ greatly: the original three hour Director's cut and the re-edited, two hour theatrical version which was the one that I saw when I first experienced this magical movie gem. I have since seen the longer version but (as is the case with Coppola's masterpiece "Apocalypse Now") the shorter version is crisper, more intense and makes the ending even more emotionally wrenching! A boy Salvatore (Toto) who grew up in a Sicilian Village returns home as a famous film director after receiving news about the death of an old childhood friend. Told in flashback, Salvatore (as an adult played by Jacques Perrin) reminiscences about his childhood and his relationship with Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), the projectionist at the Cinema Paradiso. Under the fatherly influence and guidance of Alfredo, Salvatore (played as a boy by Salvatore Cascio) falls in love with film making. Alfredo painstakingly teaches young Salvatore the skills that eventually become his "stepping stone" into the world of film making. As the retrospective story unfolds we are are witness to Salvatore as a teenager (played by (Marco Leonardi) and his tortured relationship with the beautiful Elena (Agnese Nano). As this whole endearing human story is finally revealed we are also shown the changes in cinema due to technological progress and social factors. Most of all the film illuminates a young boy's dream of leaving his little town to foray into the outside world Divided into three sections, it is the first section that was left almost intact in the short version. It is of course primarily concerned with the relationship between young Toto and Alfredo. It is full of delightful touches, such as Toto's spellbound face as he watches the footage that will be censored by the town priest. The cinema is portrayed as almost being the centre of life in the town (Giancaldo) in which the film is mostly set. As the film moves forward several years to show Toto as a 16 year old, the wonderful cinema scenes are still present. However, it is mainly concerned with Toto's (now called Salvatore) courtship of and love for Elena, a love that is never to reach its full potential. In the final section Salvatore, now a great film director, returns to Giancaldo as a middle aged man to attend Alfredo's funeral. His reunion with the older Elena (Brigitte Fossey) and his mother and his exploration of the cobwebbed, dilapidated cinema of his youth are extremely moving. And ... as for the final scene when Salvatore opens a certain gift Alfredo left him: it never ever fails to make the skin tingle and the eyes water profusely! I am often asked why I love movies so much (and I too once looked for a definitive answer to that question); Cinema Paradiso gave me the answer! If you love movies, Cinema Paradiso will remind you why you do; if you don't love movies, it will tell you why you should!

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