Monica Bellucci
Malèna Scordia
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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.
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- 301
- 1 min
Malena is a simpler story, in which a young man grows up transfixed by a woman and essentially marries himself to the idea of her. It doesn't help that the movie's action grows steadily gloomier, leading to a public humiliation that seems wildly out of scale with what has gone before and to an ending that is intended to move us much more deeply ...
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro
A young boy, 12-year-old Renato, experiences three major events in one day: First, Italy goes to war, second, he gets a new bike, and third, he first sees the beautiful lady, Malena (Monica Bellucci). Malena's husband, Nino Scordia, has been taken away to fight in Africa and Malena is left alone with her father, an elderly and almost-deaf man.
Malena is 9876 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 6082 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Cold Light of Day but less popular than Jinxed!.
- 2000
- R
- Giuseppe Tornatore
Dec 22, 2000 · Malena. Giuseppe Tornatore's "Malena" tells the story of a woman whose life is destroyed because she has the misfortune to be beautiful and have a great butt. The film torturously tries to transform this theme in scenes of comedy, nostalgia and bittersweet regret, but somehow we doubt its sincerity, maybe because the camera lingers so lovingly ...
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Dec 25, 2000 · Malena ends up objectifying the character of the movie's title. Also, the young boy's emotional investment with Malena is never convincing, as she doesn't feel like a three-dimensional person ...
Malena is the utterly unforgettable story of a boy's journey into manhood amid the chaos and intolerance of World War II. In a sleepy Italian village, Malena, the most beautiful woman in town, becomes the subject of increasingly malicious gossip among the lustful townsmen and their jealous wives. But only her most ardent admirer, young Renato ...
