Malena (2000)

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Running Time: 105 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2000

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: Italy/USA

Filmed in Colour

Giuseppe Tornatore spins out this romantic, coming-of-age story about love, loss, and courage.

Set in 1941 in a tiny village named Castelcuto in Sicily, this film focuses on a group of 13-year-old boys who fall madly in love with Maléna (Monica Bellucci), the widow of a local soldier.

With her husband fighting away at war Malena becomes the focus of men's lustful thoughts, and their wives envious and hurtful gossip. Also she becomes the attraction of many a teenage boy's pubescent sexual dreams.

Following her everywhere on their bicycles, one of these boys is Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro) who becomes her secret stalker.

Things turn however when Malena is told the unfortunate news of her husbands death which leaves her totally reliant on herself for support and this just fuels the fire of jealousy already rife against her.

However it is Renato who helps her through and in the most unexpected ways!

Cast

	Monica Bellucci		Malena Scordia
	Giuseppe Sulfaro		Renato Amoroso
	Luciano Federico		Renato's Father
	Matilde Piana		Renato's Mother
	Pietro Notarianni		Professor Bonsignore
	Gaetano Aronica		Nino Scordia
	Gilberto Idonea		Avvocato Centorbi
	Angelo Pellegrino		Segretario politico
	Gabriella Di Luzio		Mantenuta del Barone
	Pippo Provvidenti		Dott. Cusimano
	Maria Terranova		Moglie Dott. Cusimano
	Marcello Catalano		Lt. Cadel
	Elisa Morucci		Lupetta
	Domenico Gennaro		Farmacista
	Vitalba Andrea		Moglie farmacista