The ruins of Poggioreale
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
SCENE
The war-damaged streets, through which Toto walks with his distraught mother after they receive confirmation of his father's death.
ADDRESS
Poggioreale, Sicily, Italy
LOCATION
37.76187, 13.035061
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LOCATION DETAILS
Poggioreale, now a ghost town, was in fact destroyed not by the bombs of WWII but by a massive earthquake in 1968. The abandoned town is on SP27, a couple of miles north of the rebuilt newtown, Nuovo Poggioreale.
ALTERNATIVE LOCATION NAME
Ruderi Di Poggioreale
TAGS
ruin, street
ACTORS
SYNOPSIS
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.
LOCATION on map
The exact gps location of this sceen
ADDRESS
Poggioreale, Sicily, Italy
LOCATION
37.76187, 13.035061
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