The Oscar Nomination Film Festival concluded with screening of Italian film Cinema Paradiso. The film was screened on Saturday at Bharat Bhavan.
Cinema Paradiso is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
The film stars Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret, Leopoldo Trieste, Marco Leonardi, Agnese Nano and Salvatore Cascio, and was produced by Franco Cristaldi and Giovanna Romagnoli, while the music score was composed by Ennio Morricone along with his son, Andrea.
It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards
Young Salvatore Di Vita (Salvatore Cascio) discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso movie house, where projectionist Alfredo (Philippe Noiret) instills in the boy a deep love of films. When Salvatore grows up, falls in love with a beautiful local girl (Agnese Nano) and takes over as the Paradiso's projectionist, Alfredo must convince Salvatore to leave his small town and pursue his passion for filmmaking.
The story begins in the present as a Sicilian mother pines for her estranged son, Salvatore, who left many years ago and has since become a prominent Roman film director who has taken the advice of his mentor too literally.
He finally returns to his home village to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist, Alfredo, and, in so doing, embarks upon a journey into his boyhood just after WWII when he became the man's official son. One day, Salvatore saves Alfredo's life after a fire, and then becomes the new projectionist.
Thirty years later, Salvatore come to say goodbye to his life-long friend, who has left him a little gift in a film can.