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Actors: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Malena |
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MALENA is a movie written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso) in 2000.
The setting is a small Sicilian town in 1940. Renato, a 12 years old boy, falls violently in love with Malena, the superb daughter of his latin teacher. Malena's husband is in the army and the unusual beauty of the young woman attracts the attention of the whole town : sexual desire among men and hate among women. Renato fantasises a lot about Malena and starts to go out at night in order to secretly observe her through a hole in her window.
When the small town learns about the death of Malena's husband, a quasi-sexual hysteria seizes the population and, soon, Malena has to go to court because the local dentist's wife has pressed charges against her for having embezzled her husband, which is, of course, false. In the meantime, Renato keeps on spying on the young woman and desperately tries to discourage the men who are getting around Malena. The young boy hopes that Malena, thanks to his vigilance, will still be free for him in a couple of years.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Malena |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- voyeurism
Lover is...
- much older/younger
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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