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TITLE: Malena
RETAIL PRICE: $14.99 OUR PRICE: Way lower than retail! See above!
CREDITS Starring: Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci Directed By: Giuseppe Tornatore Rated: R
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ABOUT THIS DVD Theatrical Release: 7/10/2001 DVD Release: 5/6/2003 Studio: Miramax Format: Widescreen Region: US/Canada No. of Discs: 1
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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!
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| Movie description | With MALÉNA, 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 Maléna (Monica Bellucci), the wife of a local soldier. One of the boys, Renato Amoroso (Giuseppe Sulfaro), a dreamer who yearns for freedom from his war-bound village, revels in the exquisite beauty of the enchanting newcomer. He becomes her shadow, following her through the cobble stone streets and spying on her most intimate moments, overwhelmed with romantic longing for the first time. Maléna has a magical spellbinding effect on the male villagers; her presence inspires fantasy and escape from their daily lives. But the women of the village, hardened by war, are quick to judge the nubile outsider. Maléna becomes the focus of desire and seething jealousy in the town and she is eventually forced to face the female villagers in a bittersweet climax. Reminiscent of Federico Fellini's nostalgic masterpiece AMARCORD, native Sicilian Tornatore revisits the dusty village streets of his childhood where adolescent boys learn about sex, desire, and ultimately, love. Like Tornatore's critically acclaimed CINEMA PARADISO, he bathes the film in the sun-drenched light of his homeland, giving it a dreamy, earthy sensuality and a poetic spirit. Bellucci is a delicious revelation, the camera lingers seductively on her bewitching beauty. Inspired by the story MA L'AMORE NO... by Luciano Vincenzoni.
| | Credits | | Producer: | Carlo Bernasconi, Harvey Weinstein | | Cast: | Daniele Arena, Gianluca Guarrera, Giovanna Litrico, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Michel Bramanti, Monica Bellucci |
| | Notes | DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - French Additional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer 2. TV Spots Featurette Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
Theatrical release: November 10, 2000 (NY/LA).
MALÉNA was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
| | Editorial reviews | "...A cannoli-sweet homage to Fellini....[Bellucci] has presence..." Entertainment Weekly - p.53 - Owen Gleiberman
"...A romantic fable in the PARADISO mold....Tenderly conceived and expertly executed..." Box Office - p.68-9 - Wade Major
"...Wistful nostalgia and creamy visuals..." Sight and Sound - p.55-6 - Edward Lawrenson
"...The spirit of Fellini is very much alive in Giuseppe Tornatore's MALENA..." Hollywood Reporter - p.21 - Michael Rechtshaffen
"...MALENA the film is as beautiful and seductive as its heroine, with its ravishing Lajos Koltai cinematography and sweepingly romantic Ennio Morricone score..." Los Angeles Times - p.F8 - Kevin Thomas
"...Tornatore lovingly paints stone buildings with afternoon sunlight..." USA Today - Mike Clark (07/20/2001)
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