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With MALENA, Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore spins a romantic coming-of-age yarn about love, loss, and courage. Set in 1941 in a tiny village in Sicily, the film focuses on a group of 13-year-old boys who fall madly in love with Malena (Monica Bellucci), the wife of a local soldier. One of the boys, Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe .. Read more

Starring	Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana
Director	Giuseppe Tornatore
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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  wonderful!
  
  I think I have fallen in love. I have fallen in love with Italian cinema. And who can blame me? Having loved Giuseppe Tornatore's 'Cinema Paradiso' ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Johnson
  - London, England
  - 17 Aug 2004 at 23:14
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  War and Peace Sicilian Style
  
  The Sicilian drama is played out with tenderness and affection, while revealing the weaknesses of men and women and their penchant for jealousy ,gossip , ... read more »
  
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  - 10 Apr 2012 at 09:29
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  men prefer bicycles
  
  The other side to Catch 22. There's black and even brown shirts. Classic Italian film worthy of Amarcord, with dashes of Conformist. Gangster story of life ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
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  - London
  - 09 Apr 2012 at 18:17
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  Beautiful cinematography
  
  Monica Bellucci was so elegant, seductive,feminine and alluring.
  
  She was silent for most of the film but it didnt make her scenes any less pleasing ... read more »
  
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- - lele_poco
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  - Croydon
  - 09 Mar 2012 at 00:39
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  Silent beauty
  
  A beautiful film, the young actor believable and the actress stunning. The director chose not to have the actress utter a single word for most of the film. When... read more »
  
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  - 04 Dec 2011 at 15:31
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  Malena - Finale
  
  A wonderfully directed film.
  
  Photography and soundtrack created a powerful base for the acting and story.
  
  Another masterpiece from ... read more »
  
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- - shadowfax3
  - 2 reviews
  - 07 Nov 2011 at 20:17
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  - 4
  No Paradise this one
  
  Not a worthy film after Cinema Paradiso. One tracked in its tacky subject matter and exploitative of a god young actor having to follow a woman twice his age ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
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  - Lydbury North
  - 14 Feb 2011 at 12:05
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  What a lovely film!
  
  This is a lovely film - not to be missed. Set in Scicily against the backdrop of WW11 the story portrays life as it was in a tiny town where morals are very ... read more »
  
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  - Jammyhouse
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  - Wakefield
  - 09 Oct 2010 at 12:46
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  Sublime film
  
  Sublime Monica Bellucci !
  
  A romantic story set during the second war.
  
  I have seen this film twice.
  
  A must see...
  
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  - birmingham
  - 28 Aug 2010 at 21:47
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  An unsur-pasta-ble film!
  
  You'll cry, you'll laugh, but mainly you'll cry at this tale set in Italy during World War II.
  
  Jealousy, loneliness, desperation and ... read more »
  
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- - PJshadow
  - 195 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 12 Jul 2010 at 18:00
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  A great tale
  
  A great tale of discovery in war torn Sicily, both in terms of teenage hormones and petty adult jealousy and revenge. And to top it all off a fantastically ... read more »
  
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  - Chester le Street
  - 10 May 2010 at 22:03
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  wonderful!
  
  I think I have fallen in love. I have fallen in love with Italian cinema. And who can blame me? Having loved Giuseppe Tornatore's 'Cinema Paradiso' ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Johnson
  - London, England
  - 17 Aug 2004 at 23:14
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  a hidden gem
  
  I was not looking forward to watching this film when it arrived, I thought damn, why have they not sent me 'Dog Days' yet! Now I know better, this is a ... read more »
  
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- - nks487
  - Merseyside
  - 09 Dec 2003 at 01:01
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  A little gem
  
  I thought this was a beautiful , sometimes funny sometimes serious ,coming of age story accompanied by a wonderful musical score.
  
  It tells of one ... read more »
  
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  - Herts England
  - 04 Oct 2007 at 16:44
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  powerful,
  
  a movie which will truely touch your heart. It starts off unusually, but don't be put off as the atmosphere of the movie changes dramatically. Powerfully ... read more »
  
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- - david macfarlane
  - glasgow
  - 29 Mar 2004 at 15:22
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  Cosi Cosi
  
  It's ok watchable - the music carries it but it is so similar to Cinema Paradiso it does look the poorer of the two.
  
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  - 17 Aug 2006 at 20:32
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  Missing 17 crucial minutes.
  
  Excelent film.
  
  However this version would appear to be a heavily trimmed world release of the film with all the *cough* best bits removed.
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  - England
  - 05 Jun 2007 at 15:51
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  What a lovely film!
  
  This is a lovely film - not to be missed. Set in Scicily against the backdrop of WW11 the story portrays life as it was in a tiny town where morals are very ... read more »
  
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  - Jammyhouse
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  - Wakefield
  - 09 Oct 2010 at 12:46
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  Celebration, Feast, and Social Comment!
  
  This film is sumptuous! Its pictures, its views, its cinematography, all set in a simple seaside town in Sicily, are stunningly beautiful. The big lush ... read more »
  
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  - from deep in the stunningly beautiful valleys of Mid-Wales.
  - 04 Aug 2005 at 10:03
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  Malena
  
  A great movie but 20min. of it was cut so that was very disapointing
  
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  - London
  - 08 Jul 2007 at 23:34
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  Beautiful, funny and touching
  
  Malena is a delightful and finely-observed coming-of-age story. Unlike many of its genre, Malena is honest and believable, with none of the ridiculous plot-... read more »
  
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  - 22 Oct 2004 at 10:46

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  With MALENA, Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore spins a romantic coming-of-age yarn about love, loss, and courage. Set in 1941 in a tiny village in Sicily, the film focuses on a group of 13-year-old boys who fall madly in love with Malena (Monica Bellucci), the wife of a local soldier. One of the ...

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  With MALENA, Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore spins a romantic coming-of-age yarn about love, loss, and courage. Set in 1941 in a tiny village in Sicily, the film focuses on a group of 13-year-old boys who fall madly in love with Malena (Monica Bellucci), the wife of a local soldier. One of the ...