#Noiret

[detournementsmineurs]

“Zazie dans le Métro” de Louis Malle (1960) - d'après le roman éponyme de Raymond Queneau (1959) - avec la jeune Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Carla Marlier, Yvonne Clech, Vittorio Caprioli, Nicolas Bataille, Antoine Roblot, Annie Fratellini, Hubert Deschamps, Jacques Dufilho et les participations d'Odette Piquet et de Sacha Distel, septembre 2024.

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[cosmicharm]

Left: you hate everything and everyone Right: you see him approaching with a box of freshly-baked almond cookies (There is lore about this, I swear. More or less)

[wildcheries]

cinema paradiso (1988)

[odettejoyeux]

Philippe Noiret and Silvia Monfort, La Pointe-Courte (dir. Agnès Varda, 1955).

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Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso), Spanish lobby card. 1988

[house-o-muses]

[rainagainstthewindowatnight]

ivan and julia - el internado, season six, translated into english

[davidhudson]

Philippe Noiret, October 1, 1930 - November 23, 2006.

With Bertrand Tavernier during the making of Life and Nothing But (1989).

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NOIRET Alex

[detournementsmineurs]

Philippe Noiret dans “Zazie dans le Métro” de Louis Malle (1960) - d'après le roman éponyme de Raymond Queneau (1959) - septembre 2024.

[funjoke]

Romy Schneider et Philippe Noiret dans Le Vieux Fusil de Robert Enrico, 1975.

[cosmicharm]

night of the witch

[france-cinema]

Philippe Noiret et Salvatore Cascio dans Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) de Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988.

[freudianblunders]

Cinema Paradiso, 1988

Cinema is Life, and Life is Cinema

Cinema Paradiso is a film about the magic of cinema and one that is closest to my heart. This nostalgic coming-of-age story explores the relationship between Toto (Salvatore Cascio) and Alfredo (Philippe Noiret), the cinema projectionist in the small Sicilian town of Giancaldo in the years following World War II. The narrative unfolds in flashback from Toto's point of view, structured around three stages of his life: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Directed with a great heart by Giuseppe Tornatore, the story is drawn from his childhood memories and was shot in Bagheria, Sicily, his hometown. The film went on to win several awards, including the 1989 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Many people attribute this film to igniting their cinephile journey, which is true for me as well. At its core, Cinema Paradiso is about love—love for family and love for cinema. It captures what cinema meant as a collective social experience and serves as a poignant reminder of why we fell in love with it in the first place. It is one of those rare films that can genuinely be described as cathartic. While many people visit Sicily for their love of The Godfather—a trip that’s certainly on my bucket list—I also wish to visit the place for Cinema Paradiso.

Widely considered one of the best Italian films ever made, the film features incredible performances by Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, and Pupella Maggio. Not to mention, the exquisite musical score by Ennio Morricone is one for the ages and will remain etched in my heart forever.

As with every piece of entertainment, Cinema Paradiso eventually comes to an end, and it does so in the most soul-stirring way possible. While finishing this review, I can’t help but ask myself: Will any film ever make me feel this way again?