Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's sensual coming of age yarn is set in 1941 in a tiny village in Sicily: a group of 13-year-old boys fall madly in love with Malena (Monica
Bellucci), the widow of a local soldier. The film was inspired by the story, "Ma L'Amore No...," by Luciano Vincenzoni. Also with Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni,
Gaetano Aronica, Gilberto Idonea, Angelo Pellegrino, Gabriella Di Luzio and Pippo Provvidenti. Music is by Ennio Morricone. In Italian with English subtitles. [R - 1:32]
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