Too young to be a widow, too beautiful to be alone.
12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.
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Earnest, contemplative, classical in form and character-led.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Monica BellucciMalèna Scordia
- Giuseppe SulfaroRenato Amoroso
- Luciano FedericoRenato's Father
- Matilde PianaRenato's Mother
- Pietro NotarianniProf. Bonsignore
- Gaetano AronicaNino Scordia
- Gilberto IdoneaCentorbi, the Lawyer
- Angelo PellegrinoPolitical Secretary
- Gabriella Di LuzioBaron's Lover
- Pippo ProvvidentiDr. Cusimano
Crew
- Giuseppe TornatoreDirector
- Giuseppe TornatoreScreenplay
- Lajos KoltaiDirector of Photography
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Massimo QuagliaEditor
- Harvey WeinsteinProducer
- Carlo BernasconiProducer
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