Drama Pyramid: Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso is a 1988 Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The movie tells the story of Salvatore, Toto, and the story includes his childhood, his first love and the friendship with Alfredo the worker of the Cinema Paradiso, the town cinema.

• Exposition: Salvatore's mom call to Rome in order to find Salvatore.
• Inciting Action: Salvatore's couple say to Salvatore that his mom and said Alfredo has died and Salvatore begin to remember who was Alfredo.
• Rising Action: Salvatore loves the cinema specially the cabin where Alfredo works and we know how much they appreciate each other. Specially after the cinema fire where Alfredo went blind and Salvatore had to take Alfredo's job.
• Complication: Salvatore fall in love with Elena, a new girl in town, but she isn't interested in Salvatore.
• Climax: Salvatore said to Elena that he'll wait until she fall in love with him. Months later he lost all hope but Elena go to the cinema and they begin their relationship.
• Reversal: Elena had to leave the town but the still love each other but when Salvatore has to begin his military service they lost contact.
• Falling action: Salvatore returns to his town and he has lost Elena. Alfredo said to him that he has to leave the town in order to be a greatest person because he deserves better thing. Salvatore leaves the town he never come back.
• Turning point: Salvatore returns to his town and goes to Alfredo's funeral.
• Resolution: Salvatore talks to his mom and he ask forgiveness for abandoning her and she says she doesn't have to forgive him for anything, he did what he had to do.
• Last suspense: We finally know that Salvatore is a great director and Salvatore see that Alfredo's gift is the kiss montage he asked to Alfredo when he was a kid.

• Internal conflict: Salvatore has the conflict of keep the promise he did with Alfredo of not to come back to his town or go to town and face the consequences of his decisions.
• External conflict: follow the rule of not to go to the cinema or follow his passion for the cinema, including the movies and all the technology of it.