意大利南部小镇，古灵精怪的小男孩托托（萨瓦特利·卡西欧 饰）喜欢看电影，更喜欢看放映师阿尔弗雷多（菲利浦·诺瓦雷 饰）放电影，他和阿尔弗雷多成为了忘年之交，在胶片中找到了童年生活的乐趣。 好心的阿尔弗雷多为了让更多的观众看到电影，搞了一次露天电影，结果胶片着火了，托托把阿尔弗雷多从火海中救了出来，但阿尔弗雷多双目失明。托托成了小镇唯一会放电影的人，他接替阿尔弗雷多成了小镇的电影放映师。 托托（马克·莱昂纳蒂 饰）渐渐长大，他爱上了银行家的女儿艾莲娜（阿格妮丝·那诺 饰）。初恋的纯洁情愫美如天堂，但是一对小情侣的海誓山盟被艾莲娜父亲的阻挠给隔断了，托托去服兵役，而艾莲娜去念大学。伤心的托托在阿尔弗雷多的鼓励下，离开小镇，追寻自己生命中的梦想…… 30年后，阿尔弗雷多去世，此时的托托已经是功成名就的导演，他回到了家乡，看到残破的天堂电影院，追忆往昔，唏...
Gilang is an extra actor who has been in the film industry for 10 years. Gilang always gives too much extra effort so he is blacklisted by many directors and casting directors. Excessive effort makes Gilang always run out of money to invest in his extra roles. Gilang loves a Citra award actress named Rachel Hesington. Unfortunately, Rachel is dating a rising actor, Kevin Sumitro. Kevin is the son of a wealthy businessman named Mr. Nedy Sumitro. Mr. Chen, a mining entrepreneur, kidnaps Kevin and asks for a ransom of 100 billion. The kidnapping incident occurs at the shooting location. In the confusion, Kevin is kidnapped. The kidnapper thinks Gilang is Kevin. So Gilang and Rachel are also kidnapped. The director is also kidnapped. As the story progresses, Gilang manages to overcome all the obstacles that block him, using the knowledge he learned when he was an extra in many films.
