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It's my favorite movie. No matter how many times I watch it, I cry and laugh as I did the first time.
It's a film about nostalgia, that mix of emotions, specially happiness
and sadness when you remember a so much happy moment in your life, and
at the same time you also remember that the loving persons that were
with you now have already gone....
It's just an story about life.
The relationship between Alfredo and Toto (that I can actually see them when I'm listening "childhood and manhood" ).
Toto's mom, overwhelmed by rising her son and daughter, waiting her husband to return form war, even knowing that he's dead.
The frustration of this big first love not corresponded, and the consequences of it.
How a life can be miserable in some aspects (love) and fantastic in
others (professional), just for some issue not well-resolved 30 years
ago.
That old mother that unconditionally love him and don't interfere in
his life, even that she doesn't understand him and knowing that he is
not happy in his personal life (always a different woman voice on his
phone).
The return to his hometown, meeting with old friends, realizing that although time went by he is also remembered....
I love this film. I love the soundtrack. So touching.
DATA SHEET
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989) is an Italian film written and directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore. It was internationally released as Cinema Paradiso
in France, Spain, the UK and the US.
It was originally released in Italy at 155 minutes but poor box office
performance in its native country led to it being shortened to 123
minutes for international release. It was an instant success. This
international version won the Special Jury Prize at the 1989 Cannes
Film Festival and the 1989 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. In 2002,
the director's cut 173-minute version was released (known in the U.S.
as Cinema Paradiso: The New Version).
It stars Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret, Leopoldo Trieste, Marco
Leonardi, Agnese Nano and Salvatore Cascio. It was produced by Franco
Cristaldi and Giovanna Romagnoli, and the music was by Ennio Morricone.
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