Malena (2000)
Directors
MalenaMalèna
Overview
On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?
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Cast
Monica Bellucci
Giuseppe Sulfaro
Luciano Federico
Matilde Piana
Pietro Notarianni
Gaetano Aronica
Gabriella Di Luzio
Angelo Pellegrino
Paola Pace
Lucia Sardo
Aurora Quattrocchi
Claudia Muzii
Ornella Giusto
Conchita Puglisi
Gilberto Idonea
Giuseppe Pattavina
Domenico Gennaro
Pippo Provvidenti
Maria Terranova
Marcello Catalano
Elisa Morucci
Franco Catalano
Daniele Arena
Giovanni Litrico
Gianluca Guarrera
Michel Daniel Bramanti
Salvatore Borgese
Emanuele Gullotto
Fabrizio Ferracane
Salvatore Martino
Orio Scaduto
Antonello Puglisi
Crew
Ennio Morricone
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Luciano Vincenzoni
Massimo Quaglia
Lajos Koltai
Giuseppe Tornatore
Mario Cotone
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.
