Malena
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Actor: Adele Daniele, Giovanna Litrico, Luciano Federico, Monica Bellucci, Pietro NotarianniCinematographer: Lajos Koltai
Composer: Ennio Morricone
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Italian (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of Malena
Movie Review: Stunning cinematography....
Summary: 4 Stars
Story is set in Sicily during World War II. Adolescent Boy (Renato) falls in love with Malena, who is a stunning beauty who captures the attention of the entire town. The men lust for her. The women despise her beauty. The plot follows the boy's obsession with her - he watches her grieve over the loss of her husband - he listens to the malicious rumors of her philandering - he grimaces when he sees the unwelcome advances - and he learns how she copes with poverty and hunger. Renato's family is hilarious as they deal with his coming of sexual age. Movie is enhanced with beautiful music and spectacular cinematography.
Summary of Malena
When 12-year-old Renato, riding through his small Italian town on his new bicycle, sees the voluptuous Mal?na, little does he know he's launching on an infatuation that will carry him through the tumultuous days of World War II. Mal?na begins as an enraptured depiction of Renato's adolescent mind--the way he stares, hypnotized, at Mal?na's garters pressing through the material of her tight skirt, or his frustrated rebellion against the indignity of wearing short pants--but soon transforms into a portrait of small-town prejudice. Mal?na's looks spark lust and envy in the townspeople; when her husband dies in combat, the gossip only intensifies, to the point that Mal?na is dragged into court to defend herself against accusations of adultery. When the women of the town refuse to sell her edible food at the market, Mal?na has little choice but to become what she's been unjustly accused of being. At the end, a twist of fate turns this tale of longing and jealousy into a heartbreaking love story. Monica Bellucci exudes the can't-help-it eroticism that makes Mal?na such a lightning rod for everyone's desires; she's like a more zaftig Isabelle Adjani. The movie seems to wander at times, but the ending has a powerful emotional impact. From the director of Cinema Paradiso. --Bret FetzerThe latest triumph from Giuseppe Tornatore, the writer and director of the Academy Award(R)-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!
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