The latest triumph from Giuseppe Tornatore, the writer and director of the Academy Award-winning Cinema Paradiso, Malena is an utterly unforgettable story of a boy's journey into manhood amid the chaos and intolerance of World War II.In a sleepy Italian village, the most beautiful woman in town, Malena (Monica Bellucci), becomes the subject of increasingly malicious gossip among the lustful townsmen and their jealous wives. But only her most ardent admirer, young Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), will learn the untold true story of the mysterious and elusive Malena!... In a captivating motion picture nominated for two Academy Awards, the eventual struggles and hardships that Malena must bravely endure serve to inspire Renato to new heights of compassion, courage and independence. [show more]
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A story of the painful passage into adulthood from director Giuseppe Tornatore ('Cinema Paradiso'). The year is 1940, and in the sleepy Sicilian town of Castelucto teenager Renato (Giuseppe Sulfaro) has developed a crush on the the beautiful and mysterious Malena (Monica Bellucci). Malena's husband Nino, who has been away fighting in the war, has now been reported dead, and the women of the town have taken to spreading malicious gossip about this woman who never fails to turn their husbands' heads. But as the gossip spreads, and the town fills with half-truths and false rumours, there is only one person who knows the truth, and that is young Renato.
With MALENA Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore spins a romantic coming-of-age yarn about love loss and courage Set in 1941 in a tiny village in Sicily the film focuses on a group of 13-year-old boys who fall madly in love with Malena (Monica Bellucci) the wife of a local soldier One of the boys Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro) a dreamer who yearns for freedom from his war-bound village revels in the exquisite beauty of the enchanting newcomer He becomes her shadow following her through the cobble stone streets and spying on her most intimate moments overwhelmed with romantic longing for the first time Malena has a magical spellbinding effect on the male villagers; her presence inspires fantasy and escape from their daily lives But the women of the village hardened by war are quick to judge the nubile outsider Malena becomes the focus of desire and seething jealousy in the town and she is eventually forced to face the female villagers in a bittersweet climax Reminiscent of Federico Fellini's nostalgic masterpiece AMARCORD native Sicilian Tornatore revisits the dusty village streets of his childhood where adolescent boys learn about sex desire and ultimately love Like Tornatore's critically acclaimed CINEMA PARADISO he bathes the film in the sun-drenched light of his homeland giving it a dreamy earthy sensuality and a poetic spirit Monica Bellucci is a delicious revelation the camera lingers seductively on her bewitching beauty Inspired by the story MA L'AMORE NO by Luciano Vincenzoni
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