Malena (2000) Italy
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Director:Tornatore, Giuseppe, Bellucci, Monica, Federico, Luciano, Notarianni, Pietro, Piana, Matilde, Sulfaro, Giuseppe
Studio:Medusa Produzione
Producer:Harvey Weinstein
Writer:Giuseppe Tornatore, Luciano Vincenzoni
Rating:7.4 (32,953 votes)
Rated:R
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:786936145090
Awards:Nominated for 2 Oscars, Another 6 wins & 16 nominations
Genre:Italian films
Release:2000-10-27
IMDb:0213847
Duration:1:49:00
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:Italian, Sicilian, English, Latin
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300009036
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Tornatore, Giuseppe, Bellucci, Monica, Federico, Luciano, Notarianni, Pietro, Piana, Matilde, Sulfaro, Giuseppe  ...  (Director)
Giuseppe Tornatore, Luciano Vincenzoni  ...  (Writer)
 
Monica Bellucci  ...  Malèna Scordia
Giuseppe Sulfaro  ...  Renato Amoroso
Luciano Federico  ...  Renato's Father
Matilde Piana  ...  Renato's Mother
Pietro Notarianni  ...  Professor Bonsignore
Gaetano Aronica  ...  Nino Scordia
Gilberto Idonea  ...  Avvocato Centorbi
Angelo Pellegrino  ...  Segretario politico
Gabriella Di Luzio  ...  Mantenuta del Barone
Pippo Provvidenti  ...  Dott. Cusimano
Maria Terranova  ...  Moglie Dott. Cusimano
Marcello Catalano  ...  Lieutenant Cadel
Elisa Morucci  ...  Lupetta
Domenico Gennaro  ...  Farmacista
Vitalba Andrea  ...  Moglie farmacista
Giuseppe Pattavina  ...  Pretore
Franco Catalano  ...  Negoziante
Daniele Arena  ...  Agostino
Giovanni Litrico  ...  Pinè
Gianluca Guarrera  ...  Nicola
Michel Daniel Bramanti  ...  Sasà
Giuseppe Zizzo  ...  Tanino
Totò Borgese  ...  Milite fascista
Emanuele Gullotto  ...  Negoziante dischi
Aurora Quattrocchi  ...  Tenutaria bordello
Claudia Muzi  ...  1a Prostituta
Ornella Giusto  ...  2a Prostituta
Conchita Puglisi  ...  3a Prostituta
Noemi Giarratana  ...  Sorella Renato
Paola Pace  ...  1a Donna linciaggio
Lucia Sardo  ...  2a Donna linciaggio
Alessandro Cremona  ...  
Adelaide Alaïs  ...  
Brandon Fibbs  ...  
Ennio Morricone  ...  Original Music Composer
Claudia Muzii  ...  1a Prostituta
Adellaide Alaïs  ...  (as Adelaide Alaïs)
Lajos Koltai  ...  Director of Photography
Massimo Quaglia  ...  Editor
Angelo Battista  ...  
Mario Cotone  ...  Line Producer
Vanni Bramati  ...  
Claudio Castrogiovanni  ...  
Lazzaro Croce  ...  
Francesco Drago  ...  
Patrizia De Libero  ...  
Maria Teresa Di Clemente  ...  
Giovanni Febraro  ...  
Fabrizio Ferracane  ...  
Sebastiana Fichera  ...  
Sebastiano Fisichella  ...  
Angelo Fortuna  ...  
Antonio Fulfaro  ...  
Turi Killer  ...  
Giuseppe Luciano  ...  
Chiara Marchese  ...  
Salvatore Martino  ...  
Giovanni Martorana  ...  
Antonio Pellegrino  ...  
Claudio Piano  ...  
Antonello Puglisi  ...  
Carmela Pulvirenti  ...  
Adriana Rizza  ...  
Roberto Rizza  ...  
Giada Salesi  ...  
Sergio Seminara  ...  
Orio Scaduto  ...  
Agostino Scuderi  ...  
Fausto Siddi  ...  
Vincenzo Terranova  ...  
Agostino Ursino  ...  (as Agatino Ursino)
Comments: VVI 144

Summary: The latest triumph from Giuseppe Tornatore, the writer and director of the Academy Award(R)-winning CINEMA PARADISO, MALENA is an utterly unforgettable story of a boy's journey into manhood amid the chaos and intolerance of World War II. In a sleepy Italian village, the most beautiful woman in town, Malena (Monica Bellucci), becomes the subject of increasingly malicious gossip among the lustful townsmen and their jealous wives. But only her most ardent admirer, young Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), will learn the untold true story of the mysterious and elusive Malena! In a captivating motion picture nominated for two Academy Awards, the eventual struggles and hardships that Malena must bravely endure serve to inspire Renato to new heights of compassion, courage, and independence!