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Cinema Paradiso
1988
· Movie
· 174 min
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #53
- IMDb #50
- Google retired #38
- Rotten Tomatoes #245
- Metacritic #228
- Letterboxd #13
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1043
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #46
- Metacritic Critics #702
- Metacritic Audience #30
- Criticker #119
- Douban #33
- Kinopoisk #188
- AlloCiné #239
- Trakt #41
Every rating
73–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Google on 98.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A famous film director returns to his Sicilian hometown for the funeral of his old friend, Alfredo, the projectionist at the local cinema. He reminisces about his childhood, when he fell in love with movies at the "Cinema Paradiso" and formed a deep friendship with Alfredo, who taught him about life and film.
Details
- Director
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Writer
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Released
- 17 November 1988
- Country
- Italy, France
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 174 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $36.0M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 4 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 9 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| 62nd Academy Awards 1990 | Best International Feature Film | Winner | |
| Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1989 | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Winner | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 1990 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Italy | Nominee |
| Silver nugget 1990 | the best foreign film | Winner | |
| 2nd European Film Awards 1989 | European Film Academy Special Jury Award | Giuseppe Tornatore | Winner |
| 2nd European Film Awards 1989 | Young European Film of the Year | Giuseppe Tornatore | Nominee |
| 2nd European Film Awards 1989 | Young European Film of the Year | Franco Cristaldi | Nominee |
| 2nd European Film Awards 1989 | Best Actor | Philippe Noiret | Winner |
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9 awards — Cinema Paradiso
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62nd Academy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Feature Film | Winner |
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Winner |
International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Italy | Nominee |
2nd European Film Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Philippe Noiret | Winner |
| European Film Academy Special Jury Award | Giuseppe Tornatore | Winner |
| Young European Film of the Year | Giuseppe Tornatore | Nominee |
| Young European Film of the Year | Franco Cristaldi | Nominee |
Silver nugget
1 nomination, 1 won
| the best foreign film | Winner |
34th David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Giuseppe Tornatore | Nominee |