72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Malèna / Malena

Giuseppe Tornatore
Italy - USA      106 m.
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Malena is the most charming and irresistible beauty of Castelcuto, a sleepy village on the sunny Sicilian coast. She’s new in town and, while her husband is away fighting in the war, every stroll she takes becomes a spectacle accompanied by the lecherous glances of the men and the resentful gossiping of their envious wives. An army of skinny teenagers on bikes follows her wherever she goes, with the sole intention of looking on at her exquisite and perfect beauty. But among them is Renato, a 13 year-old boy with a huge imagination whose desires take him to the limits of obsessive fantasy.

Director
Giuseppe Tornatore
Screenplay
Giuseppe Tornatore
Production
Medusa Film (Italy)
Carlo Bernasconi
Miramax International (USA)
Harvey Weinstein
Photography
Lajos Koltai
Edition
Massimo Quaglia
Music
Ennio Morricone
Cast
Monica Bellucci, Giusseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica, Gilberto Idonea, Angelo Pellegrino, Gabriella Di Luzio
Format
35 mm
Running Time
106 m.
Country
Italy - USA
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