Malena
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Giuseppe Tornatore
Monica Bellucci
Giuseppe Sulfaro
Luciano Federico
Matilde Piana
Pietro Notarianni
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Sicily during World War II, 13-year-old Renato and his pals become infatuated with Malena, a beautiful young war widow who is the obsession of every man and the envy of every woman. However, when news of the death of Malena's husband arrives, Malena's beauty turns into a curse. No longer protected from male advances by her marital status, she becomes fair game. As various men pursue her, their jealous wives begin spreading the word that Malena is a floozy, a rumor that the men are only too eager to believe. After a local lawyer helps her clear her name from a jealous wife's lawsuit, he demands payment in ways that Malena is not prepared to provide.
Director
Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast
Monica Bellucci
Giuseppe Sulfaro
Luciano Federico
Matilde Piana
Pietro Notarianni
Gaetano Aronica
Gilberto Idonea
Angelo Pellegrino
Gabriella Di Luzzio
Pippo Provvidenti
Maria Terranova
Marcello Catalano
Elisa Morucci
Domenico Genaro
Vitalba Andrea
Pippo Pattavina
Franco Catalano
Daniele Arena
Giovanni Litrico
Gianluca Guarrera
Michel Daniel Bramanti
Giuseppe Zizzo
Toto Borgese
Emanuele Gullotto
Rori Quattrocchi
Claudia Muzii
Ornella Giusto
Conchita Puglisi
Noemi Giarratana
Paola Pace
Lucio Sardo
Adelaide Alessi
Angelo Battista
Vanni Bramati
Claudio Castrogiovanni
Alessandro Cremona
Lazzaro Croce
Francesco Drago
Patrizia De Libero
Maria Teresa Di Clemente
Giovanni Febraro
Fabrizio Ferracane
Sebastiana Fichera
Sebastino Fisichella
Angelo Fortuna
Antonio Fularo
Turi Killer
Giuseppe Luciano
Chiara Marchese
Salvatore Martinio
Giovanni Martorana
Antonio Pellegrino
Claudio Piano
Antonello Puglisi
Carmela Pulvirenti
Adriana Rizza
Giada Salesi
Sergio Seminara
Orio Scaduto
Agostino Scuderi
Fausto Siddi
Vincenzo Terranova
Agatino Ursino
Crew
Renato Alfarano
Fausto Anzelmo
Benni Atria
Verena Baldeo
Carlo Bernasconi
Alessandro Bertolazzi
Giusi Bovino
Marcello Buffa
David Bush
Enzo Cardella
Gaetano Carito
Emanuela Cavazzini
Alberto Celestri
Bruno Cesari
Davide Cincis
Andrea Constantini
Antonio Corridori
Emilia Costa
Mario Cotone
Placida Crapanzano
Enrico Demelis
Ugo Derossi
Elisabetta Ernidi
Francesco Frigeri
Giovanni Gebbia
Bruno Giacchetti
Antonello Giorgiucci
Valentina Guerra
Giorgio Innocenti
Lajos Koltai
Alfonsina Lettieri
Fabrizio Lombardo
Enrico Lucidi
Enrico Lucidi
Alberto Mangiante
Daniele Massaccesi
Daniele Massaccesi
Cecilia Mazza
Claudio Messina
Maurizio Millenotti
Anthony Minghella
Teresa Moneo
Roberto Moroni
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Giorgetti Nello
Gianni Oddi
Adolfo Onorati
Barbara Pastrovich
Paulo Pioggia
Massimo Quaglia
Lili Rago
Fulvio Rossi
Cicci Santucci
Rick Schwartz
Mario Spedaletti
Pietra Tornatoe
Giuseppe Tornatore
Joseph Tropiano
Fabio Venturi
Fabio Venturi
Luciano Vincenzoni
Luciano Vincenzoni
Attilio Viti
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Cinematography
Best Score
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States February 2, 2001
Released in United States on Video July 10, 2001
Released in United States on Video July 20, 2001
Released in United States February 2001
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 7-18, 2001.
Completed shooting March 15, 2000.
Began shooting September 27, 1999.
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2000 (top 60 markets)
Expanded Release in United States February 2, 2001
Released in United States on Video July 10, 2001
Released in United States on Video July 20, 2001
Released in United States February 2001 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 7-18, 2001.)
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2000
