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Malena

 

Italy 2000, 88 minutes
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
In Italian with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Comedy

Topics: Period 1930s.

 

Aroview: The dir. of CINEMA PARADISO throws an amber-lit glow around a man’s memory of a boyhood infatuation in his hometown in WWII Sicily.

As a serio-comic study of adolescent male desire, equal parts idealisation, lust and awe, this has its moments, with schoolteacher Monica Bellucci making a ravishing object of desire. Although it loses a little shine with a misjudged commentary on the fascist dimension of the period, this, like its much-loved predecessor offers a stylish version of European nostalgia.

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DVD Features

  • English subtitles for the hearing impaired
  • aspect ratio: 2.35:1
 

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