Watch Cinema Paradiso

Fellini's waif and strongman on the road; Giulietta Masina's face does the rest.

A director with nothing to say makes a film about that; Fellini's masterpiece.

A Roman prostitute keeps hoping; the ending smile is one of the great last shots.

A police chief murders his mistress and leaves clues to prove he cannot be touched.

A Jewish aristocratic family in Ferrara plays tennis while the racial laws close in.

A year in Fellini's Rimini under Mussolini: peacocks in snow, the ocean liner at night.

Greek temples, Arab-Norman cathedrals, baroque towns and Etna — Sicily is a Mediterranean civilisation of its own

Try arancini, the delicious Sicilian fried rice balls stuffed with various fillings like ragù, mozzarella, and peas.