What does Alfredo leave Salvatore?

A reel of the cut kissing scenes

Cinema Paradiso Quiz: Toto, Alfredo and a Sicilian Movie House

This Cinema Paradiso quiz takes a seat in the village movie house of Giuseppe Tornatore's 1988 film. Play 10 interactive questions on young Toto and projectionist Alfredo, the priest who cuts kisses, the fire that blinds Alfredo, the fictional village of Giancaldo, Ennio Morricone's score, the Oscar win and the final reel of kisses.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Director
Who directed Cinema Paradiso?
Island
On which island is the film set?
Boy
What is the boy's nickname?
Mentor
Who is the projectionist who befriends him?
Priest
What does the village priest demand?
Fire
What happens when the film catches fire?
Village
What is the fictional village called?
Music
Who composed the score?
Oscar
Which Oscar did the film win?
Ending
What does Alfredo leave Salvatore?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who directed Cinema Paradiso?
Answer: Giuseppe Tornatore
It was released in 1988.
Q2: On which island is the film set?
Answer: Sicily
It is a small village.
Q3: What is the boy's nickname?
Answer: Toto
His full name is Salvatore.
Q4: Who is the projectionist who befriends him?
Answer: Alfredo
Philippe Noiret plays him.
Q5: What does the village priest demand?
Answer: That kissing scenes be cut
He rings a bell at each kiss.
Q6: What happens when the film catches fire?
Answer: Alfredo is blinded
Old nitrate film burned easily.
Q7: What is the fictional village called?
Answer: Giancaldo
Real Sicilian towns were used.
Q8: Who composed the score?
Answer: Ennio Morricone
His son Andrea helped with the love theme.
Q9: Which Oscar did the film win?
Answer: Best Foreign Language Film
It won in 1990.
Q10: What does Alfredo leave Salvatore?
Answer: A reel of the cut kissing scenes
It moves him to tears.

A Village Cinema in Sicily

Cinema Paradiso, written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and released in 1988, is set in Giancaldo, a fictional village in Sicily. Young Salvatore, nicknamed Toto, loves the village movie house and befriends Alfredo, the projectionist, played by Philippe Noiret.

The village priest previews every film and rings a bell at each kiss, forcing Alfredo to cut those scenes. When flammable nitrate film catches fire, Alfredo is blinded and Toto, still a boy, takes over the projector. Alfredo later urges him to leave the village and follow his dreams.

Decades later, Salvatore, now a famous director, returns for Alfredo's funeral and receives a reel of all the cut kissing scenes. Ennio Morricone's score, with his son Andrea, became famous. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.

What This Quiz Teaches

Film lovers will enjoy these questions.

Who Toto and Alfredo are
What the priest cuts
What the fire changes
Who wrote the music
How the story ends

Did You Know?

The cinema is later demolished.
Elena is Salvatore's first love.
A longer director's cut exists.
Audiences shout at the screen.
Jacques Perrin plays the adult Salvatore.