CINEMA PARADISO comes to the Talisman Theatre on Saturday 14th October 2023 at 7.30pm.

"A CELEBRATION OF YOUTH, FRIENDSHIP, AND THE EVERLASTING MAGIC OF THE MOVIES"

Giuseppe Tornatore's loving homage to the cinema tells the story of Salvatore, a successful film director, returning home for the funeral of Alfredo, his old friend who was the projectionist at the local cinema throughout his childhood. Soon memories of his first love affair with the beautiful Elena and all the highs and lows that shaped his life come flooding back, as Salvatore reconnects with the community he left 30 years earlier.

Cinema Paradiso is a heartwarming family movie and a classic of late 20th-century cinema. With a beautiful score by Ennio Morricone, it's a winner of awards across the world including Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, 5 BAFTA Awards including Best Actor, Original Screenplay and Score, the Jury Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and many more. If you've seen it before you'll want to see it again and if you've never seen it, here's your chance to right that wrong !

Lovingly restored and presented as a special director's cut version.

There are films as lovely, but none lovelier than "Cinema Paradiso," a folkloric salute to the medium itself, flickering with yesterday's innocence and lingering on the mind like bubbles in wine. It is, in a word, exquisite. (Rita Kempley, Washington Post)

Simply a masterpiece. If you love cinema, this movie is for you. Don't miss it ! A magical ride. This film is in my top ten of thousands of films I have seen. (Internet Reviewer)