Classic Film Club

Awards

AWARDS

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

BAFTA NOMINEE

WINNER

Cinema Paradiso

Actor in a
Supporting Role

Cinema Paradiso — Cinema Paradiso

1988

SALVATORE CASCIO

Salvatore Cascio

Salvatore Cascio (1988) — ^{© Miramax}

(Salvatore Cascio in Cinema Paradiso, 1988)

^{© Miramax}

(Salvatore Cascio in Cinema Paradiso, 1988)

Biography

BIO

Salvatore Cascio was born in Palazzo Adriano, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy in 1979.

Cascio made his film debut in Cinema Paradiso (1988) at the age of 9 in a role for which he won the BAFTA Award for Actor in a Supporting Role.

A child actor, Cascio appeared in another 5 movies through 1991.

Films

NOTED FILMS

Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso — Cinema Paradiso

1988

A small boy grows up running the theater camera in a Sicilian village. He becomes a famous director and returns to his home after a 30 year absence to attend the funeral of an old mentor.

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