Synopsis
Too young to be a widow, too beautiful to be alone.
During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
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Malena
Cast
Monica Bellucci Giuseppe Sulfaro Luciano Federico Matilde Piana Pietro Notarianni Gaetano Aronica Gilberto Idonea Angelo Pellegrino Gabriella Di Luzio Pippo Provvidenti Maria Terranova Marcello Catalano Elisa Morucci Domenico Gennaro Vitalba Andrea Pippo Pattavina Franco Catalano Daniele Arena Giovanni Litrico Gianluca Guarrera Michel Daniel Bramanti Giuseppe Zizzo Totò Borgese Emanuele Gullotto Aurora Quattrocchi Claudia Muzii Ornella Giusto Conchita Puglisi Noemi Giarratana Show All…
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Cinematography
Assistant Directors
Alessandro Aronadio Francesco Bovino Piera Tornatore Barbara Pastrovich Davide Cincis Alberto Mangiante
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Production Design
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Benni Atria Enzo Diliberto Paolo Amici Daniele Quadroli David Quadroli Gaetano Carito Roberto Moroni
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Alternative Titles
Малена, 말레나, 西西裡的美麗傳說, マレーナ, Μαλένα, Der Zauber von Malèna, Maléna, 西西里的美丽传说, ผู้หญิงสะกดโลก, Malèna, מלנה, 真愛伴我行, 西西里的美麗傳說, مالنا, Tình Yêu Đầu Đời, მალენა
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Theatrical
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Ireland18
27 Oct 2000
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Germany12
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ItalyT
25 Dec 2000
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USAR
10 Mar 2001
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South Korea18
16 Mar 2001
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Brazil14
22 Mar 2001
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Hungary16
23 Mar 2001
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PortugalM/16
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Spain16
27 Apr 2001
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Greece
09 Jun 2001
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Japan
27 Jun 2001
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FranceTP
26 Jul 2001
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Netherlands16
02 Aug 2001
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Czechia12+
Digital
30 Mar 2001
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Poland16
Physical
24 May 2001
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ItalyT
10 Jul 2001
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USAR
16 Nov 2007
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Netherlands16
TV
26 Jul 2008
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Netherlands16
Releases by Country
Brazil
16 Mar 2001
- Theatrical14
Czechia
02 Aug 2001
- Theatrical12+
France
27 Jun 2001
- TheatricalTP Visa CNC 103023
Germany
27 Oct 2000
- Theatrical12
Greece
27 Apr 2001
- Theatrical
Hungary
22 Mar 2001
- Theatrical16
Ireland
16 Mar 2000
- Theatrical18
Italy
27 Oct 2000
- TheatricalT
24 May 2001
- PhysicalT DVD
Japan
09 Jun 2001
- Theatrical
Netherlands
26 Jul 2001
- Theatrical16
16 Nov 2007
- Physical16 DVD
26 Jul 2008
- TV16 Nederland 2
Poland
30 Mar 2001
- Digital16
Portugal
23 Mar 2001
- TheatricalM/16
South Korea
10 Mar 2001
- Theatrical18
Spain
23 Mar 2001
- Theatrical16 ICAA 14001
USA
25 Dec 2000
- TheatricalR
10 Jul 2001
- PhysicalR DVD
Popular reviews
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The most unrealistic part of the film is that in this Italian town there is only one beautiful person. And everyone else is so ugly that they have nothing to do other than stalk her and gossip about her.
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The main emotion (and probably the only one as well) this film made me feel is pure disgust. For a film about misogyny, it is ridiculously misogynistic itself. I get that this is Renato's story and not Malèna's, but she still feels like a bidimensional character, like a walking pair of breasts, a beautiful shell empty on the inside. The film appears to me to want to be a critique of the male gaze, but it very clearly adopts the male gaze itself. I hate that the film romanticises Renato's """relationship""" (or lack thereof) with Malèna, when all it is is stalking, obsession, and lust. I hate that the film depicts all the other women as jealous and nasty towards…
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me: this a great exploration of the harms of mysoginy and male gaze that adresses honestly how a young boy growing up in this environment could ultimately make him no better than the rest of the people but the film is smart enough to know it needed hope to make it work in the end
also me: does this kid ever stop jerking off?
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we get it teenage boys are horny, men are gross and monica bellucci is hot we did not need a 2 hour long film to tell us that
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The worst thing about this rose-tinted, unapologetic glorification of a little pervert is that all the abuses suffered by Malena in the end become somehow justifiable, and herself understood and redeemed, simply because she has once served as the object of the boy’s excessive libido. This is exploitation of beauty itself at its worst.
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