Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring Monica Bellucci as Malèna and
Giuseppe Sulfaro as Renato Amoroso
 
 

 A world at war. A young man coming of age. And the woman who changed his life forever.

Nominated:  2001 Golden Globe - Best Foreign Film, Best Original Score and
2001 Academy Awards- Best Cinematography, Best Original Score


Plot Summary (www.cinema.com): In 1941, Renato was 13 years old and although the world was at war nothing happened in his sleepy village in Sicily.Until the day he discovered something that would change his life forever... Malèna, the beautiful young war widow who was the obsession of every man and the envy of every woman. Because of her, Renato will come to learn all of life's lessons and find himself in places he never could have imagined.
 
 

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