Cinema Paradiso (1988): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• The film score was composed by Ennio Morricone and his son, Andrea, marking the beginning of a collaboration between Tornatore and Morricone that lasted until Morricone's death in 2020.
• It was nominated for 11 BAFTA Awards and won five; including Best Actor for Philippe Noiret, Best Supporting Actor for Salvatore Cascio, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film, a record for a foreign language feature until it was broken by All Quiet on the Western Front in 2023.
• In Japan, the film grossed ¥369 million during a 40-week run at Tokyo's Cine Switch Ginza, while its 1990 release in South Korea attracted approximately 270,000 admissions in Seoul.
• In 2016, the Directors Guild of America ranked the film 69th on its list of The 80 Best-Directed Films since the Guild’s founding in 1936.
• After the Cannes win it was re-released and performed steadily however, following its Academy Award success, it was released again and performed better, grossing $5.3 million in Italy.
• Winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1989, the film is often credited with reviving Italy's film industry, which later produced Mediterraneo (1991) and Life Is Beautiful (1997).
• Cinema Paradiso was shot in director Tornatore's hometown Bagheria, Sicily, as well as Cefalù on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Source: Wikipedia

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