Malena (2000)
Coming Out at 26 October 2000 in theaters.
“Malèna”
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Malèna is romantic comedy-drama starring Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro. It was directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni. It won the Grand Prix at the 2001 Cabourg Film Festival.
In 1940 in a little Sicilian town on the day 12-year-old Renato experiences three major events: Italy enters World War II; he gets a new bike; and he first sees the beautiful and sensual young woman known as Malèna, who is the most desired of the town. Her husband is in the forces in Africa, fighting the British, and she lives alone. Because of her looks and her solitary state, she is an object of lust for all the town’s men and of hatred for its women. She keeps an eye on her infirm old father who lives alone, until he gets an anonymous note slandering her, upon which he rejects her.
Renato becomes obsessed with Malèna, spying on her in her house and stalking her when she leaves it. To fuel his erotic fantasies, he steals some of her underwear from her clothes line. When his parents find it in his bedroom, they go wild and try to break his fixation.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Writers: Giuseppe Tornatore, Luciano Vincenzoni
Stars: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica, Gilberto Idonea
Cast:
| 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 Cadei |
| 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 Muzii | … | Prima Prostituta |
| Ornella Giusto | … | Seconda Prostituta |
| Conchita Puglisi | … | Terza Prostituta |
| Noemi Giarratana | … | Sorella Renato |
| Paola Pace | … | Prima Donna linciaggio |
| Lucia Sardo | … | Seconda Donna linciaggio |
| Adelaide Alessi | … | |
| Angelo Battista | ||
| Vanni Bramati | ||
| Claudio Castrogiovanni | ||
| Alessandro Cremona | ||
| 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 | … | |
| Drew Breeden | … | US Soldier |
| Brandon Fibbs | … | American Soldier |
| Noam Morgensztern | … | Child |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia
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