Cinema Paradiso

World cinema at its mushy and sentimental best. Well, if you are really bent on taking a romantic movie, get some tips from Cinema Paradiso. From Guiseppe Tornatorre, this Oscar winner for the best foreign film in 1990 is an art house movie which will appeal all cinema-goers. I saw the newer version, the original version is supposed to be longer and darker.

Salvatore is the central character of the film, we follow Salvatore's life from his childhood in a small Italian town and his preoccupation with the little movie theater in the town - Cinema Paradiso. Salvatore grows up along with the changing fortunes of Cinema Paradiso and its keeper, Alfredo. There is also a love story woven between the folds, fortunes are which are drastically altered by one of the characters. Only one true love in your life, as the movie seems to say. It might seem to be a very gooey gooey movie, but its a real treat to watch, the music score is remarkable too. Definitely worth a watch.