Cinema Paradiso (1988): A Love Letter to Movies
8 min readApr 4, 2020
Cinema Paradiso, which is also famously known as Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, is an Italian film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and released in 1988. It revolves around the world of famous film director Salvatore Di Vita who revisits his home village where he was once little “Toto”, for the funeral of one of his oldest friends, Alfredo. For most of the film, the scenes recount occasions from his childhood…
