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Salvatore Cascio

Salvatore Cascio

Actor · Born November 8, 1979 (46) · Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Salvatore Cascio was born on 8 November 1979 in Palazzo Adriano, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for Cinema Paradiso (1988), LIFT'S GOD and Cyber Eden (1992).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
November 8, 1979 (46)
From
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
3 on Motif · 8 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 23% in 30 days

What are Salvatore Cascio's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
42%
Morality
30%
Self
11%
Power
9%
Society
9%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
2
Warm
2
Bittersweet
1
Joyful
1
Absurd
1
Other
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Salvatore Cascio's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Pluto TV (1).

Subscription and free streaming for Salvatore Cascio's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 3 with a Motif page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Protagonisti per sempre (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)

    as Se stesso

  • Father Hope (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    as Nino Carbone

  • Cyber Eden (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    as Cosimo

  • The Pope Must Diet(1991)

    as Paulo

    Motif score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Breath of Life (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    as Adelmo

  • Everybody's Fine(1990)

    as Alvaro enfant

    Motif score: 95th percentile of all films
  • There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    as Tom

  • Cinema Paradiso(1988)

    as Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita (child)

    Motif score: 99th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 8 titles from 1988 to 2014.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 8: 8 only acting, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s5 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Salvatore Cascio's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 95th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Motif score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the acting 81/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Salvatore Cascio work with?

People who share at least 2 of Salvatore Cascio's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Giuseppe Tornatore shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors