Event
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
This is the last movie we will show at Real Art Ways before we begin construction in 2026.
You’re invited to enjoy this classic Italian film with our staff and community of movie lovers in our cinema.
A “farewell” affogato will be available for purchase.
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“Still rapturous after all these years, Cinema Paradiso stands as one of the great films about movie love.” – Washington Post
“A cinema-lover’s delight.” – Metro (UK)
“Where the original release was an essay in childish delight and adolescent longing, topped off by a muted coda implying that you really can go home again, the reissue is a fully realized epic of the heart.” – Boston Globe
“In the director’s cut, the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush, all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes.” – Houston Chronicle
Won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990.
90% on Rotten Tomatoes
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.
