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Cinema Paradiso

[1988, Movie]

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No, they don't make movies like they used to, and this Oscar-winning Italian-French co-production spends the better part of three hours proving it. A successful movie director returns to his rural Sicilian village after 30 years to attend the funeral of a former mentor who advised him to forsake his humble origins and journey to Rome to make a life for himself. Read the complete review for Cinema Paradiso
Year: 1988
Rated NR

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Cast
Jacques Perrin: Toto as an Adult
Salvatore Cascio: Toto as a Child
Marco Leonardi: Toto as a Teenager
Philippe Noiret: Alfredo
Nino Terzo: Peppino's Father
Brigitte Fossey: Elena

 

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