Cinema Paradiso

Considerably one of the most heart-warming films, about films, ever. Cinema Paradiso follows a film director named Salvatore, who learns about an old friend's death.
This leads Salvatore to have a flashback on his childhood when he was an alter boy. One day the priest goes to Cinema Paradiso, a film house, to review the new cinema pieces, so he may censor and cut out the parts of the films that he deems unwatchable. Salvatore, or "Toto," sneaks into the cinema so that he may watch the films.
This leads Toto to hanging out with cinema's projectionist, Alfredo, while he projects the films. Over the time, Toto learns how to project the films himself. Unfortunately a fire breaks out in Cinema Paradiso and Toto saves Alfredo's life, but only after the nitrate films blow up in Alfredo's face, causing him to go blind.
This unfortunate event came with a silver lining to Toto. A football lottery winner, named Ciccio, invests in rebuilding Cinema Paradiso, and Toto is hired as the projectionist, even at his young age.
Then time speeds up, Salvatore is now a teenager, he likes a girl, but his forbidden to move their relationship further. He joins the military, comes back to his hometown after words and is told by Alfredo to leave town, follow his dreams and to never look back, not even once.
Now, it is present time within the film. Salvatore attends the funeral and receives a gift from Alfredo's widow and is told that Alfredo followed Salvatore's with pride. The film is a spliced montage of all the romantic scenes from the films that the priest had censored.
The Cinema is also threatened by deconstruction in order to make room for new parking lots. Salvatore saved Cinema Paradiso by reminding people how important it is.
The film ends with Salvatore making peace with his past.
I find this film enjoyable. I would watch it again, no joke. I usually hate foreign films, but Cinema Paradiso was comedic, dramatic, nostalgic and had all the ingredients for a memorable film.