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Malèna is a 2000 erotic drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni. It stars Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2001 Cabourg Film Festival. At the 73rd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.
Feb 2, 2001 · Malena: Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. With Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana. Amidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- 2001-02-02
A 12-year-old boy falls in love with a beautiful widow in a Sicilian town during World War II. She suffers from gossip, poverty, humiliation and violence, while he fantasizes and watches her from afar.
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A young boy falls in love with a beautiful and curvy woman in a small town during World War II. The film by Giuseppe Tornatore mixes comedy, nostalgia and tragedy, but fails to convince the critic.
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 ...
