MALÈNA
synopsis
Renato gets a bicycle for his thirteenth birthday and on the day that Mussolini declares war on the Allies, he discovers sex, dreams and violence through Maddalena (Malèna) Scordia, the most beautiful woman of his village, Castelcutò. He follows her around everywhere, watching her every move. Malèna becomes his icon who sees her a sort of Madonna. For the other people in the village – the horny men and the jealous women, Malèna is a whore.
international title: | Malèna |
original title: | Malèna |
country: | Italy |
year: | 2000 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Giuseppe Tornatore |
film run: | 104' |
release date: | IT 27/10/2000, DE 01/03/2001, CH 08/03/2001, UK 16/03/2001, HU 22/03/2001, ES 23/03/2001, GR 26/04/2001, IS 27/04/2001, NO 04/05/2001, SI 10/05/2001, BE 13/06/2001, FR 27/06/2001, SE 06/07/2001, NL 27/07/2001, CZ 02/08/2001 |
screenplay: | Giuseppe Tornatore |
cast: | Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Pietro Notarianni, Lucia Sardo, Luciano Federico |
cinematography by: | Lajos Koltai |
film editing: | Massimo Quaglia |
art director: | Francesco Frigeri |
costumes designer: | Maurizio Millenotti |
music: | Ennio Morricone |
producer: | Carlo Bernasconi, Harvey Weinstein |
production: | Medusa Film, Miramax (IT) |
distributor: | Medusa Film, Concorde Filmverleih (DE), Ascot Elite (CH), Buena Vista International (UK), UIP-Duna Film (HU), Lauren Film (ES), Regnboginn (IS), UIP (NO), Mars Distribution (FR), Scanbox (SE), RCV Film Distribution (NL), SPI (CZ) |