Malèna
Malèna is a 2000 erotic comedy-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.
Plot
On June 10, 1940, in the small Sicilian town of Castelcuto, a teenage boy named Renato experiences three major events: Italy enters World War II; he receives a new bike; and he first sees the beautiful and sensual Malèna, who is the most desired young woman in town. Her husband is in the armed forces fighting the British in Africa, and she lives alone. Because of her beauty and solitary status, she is an object of lust for all the town's men and hatred for its women. She keeps an eye on her infirm old father who lives alone, until he gets an anonymous note slandering her, which causes him to reject her.
Cast
- Angelo Pellegrino
- Aurora Quattrocchi
- Claudio Castrogiovanni
- Conchita Puglisi
- Domenico Gennaro
- Fabrizio Ferracane
- Gabriella Di Luzio
- Gaetano Aronica
- Gilberto Idonea
- Giovanni Febbraro
- Giovanni Martorana
- Giuseppe Sulfaro
- Lucia Sardo
- Luciano Federico
- Monica Bellucci
- Noam Morgensztern
- Orio Scaduto
- Paola Pace
- Pippo Pattavina
- Vanni Bramati