Cinema Paradiso is the beautiful, enchanting story of a young boy's lifelong love affair with the movies. Set in an Italian village, Salvatore finds himself enchanted by the flickering images at the Cinema Paradiso, yearning for the secret of the cinema's magic. When the projectionist, Alfredo, agrees to reveal the mysteries of moviemaking, a deep friendship is born. The day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream of making movies of his own. Thirty years later he receives a message that beckons him back home to a secret and beautiful discovery that awaits him.

NOTE: THE INITIAL RELEASE HAD SOME POORLY ENCODED FRAMES DUE TO ENCODER BUG. EXTRAS ARE THE SAME.

STARS...........: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili, Salvatore Cascio DIRECTOR........: Giuseppe Tornatore WRITERS.........: Giuseppe Tornatore, Vanna Paoli GENRE...........: Drama IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765 RUNTIME.........: 2h 04mn SIZE............: 7.72 GB VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4) BITRATE.........: 8000 Kbps (2-pass) RESOLUTION......: 1800x1080 ASPECT RATIO....: 1.66:1 FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps AUDIO1..........: Italian E-AC3 5.1 640kbps AUDIO2..........: Italian AAC 1.0 205kbps AUDIO3..........: Commentary with Giuseppe Tornatore and Millicent Marcus SUBTITLES.......: ENG SOURCE..........: Arrow 25th Anniversary Blu-ray ENCODE DATE.....: 2020-02-28 NOTE............: Re-encoded because of some bad frames in the initial release.

Extras

• A Dream of Sicily

• A Bear and a Mouse

• The Kissing Sequence

• 25th Anniversary Trailer

• Audio Commentary with director Giuseppe Tornatore