

“An enchanted village. A wonderful friendship. Star-crossed lovers. And the magic of the movies.”
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Status
Released
Original Language
IT
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$12,462,062

Elena Mendola (teen) / Elena's daughter (in Director's cut)
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.