Malena
On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the struggle, two issues occur to the 12-year-old Renato: he will get his first bike, and he will get his first take a look at Malèna. She is a wonderful, silent outsider who’s moved to this Sicilian city to be together with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to struggle, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the boys and the sharp tongues of the ladies. In the course of the subsequent few years, as Renato grows towards manhood, he watches Malèna undergo and show her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported lifeless, the consequences of slander on her relationship together with her father, her poverty and seek for work, and last humiliations. Will Renato be taught braveness from Malèna and arise for her?
Genre: Drama
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Actors: Gabriella Di Luzio, Gaetano Aronica, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Monica Bellucci, Pietro Notarianni
