Malèna

Directed by

Giuseppe Tornatore

23 March
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21:00
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DIRECTOR:

Giuseppe Tornatore

RUNNING TIME:

107 minutes

CAST:

Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica

COUNTRY:

Italy, USA

YEAR OF PRODUCTION:

2000

AWARDS:

Premio David di Donatello per la Migliore Fotografia

In Sicily during the Second World War, thirteen-year-old Renato falls obsessively in love with Malèna, the most beautiful woman in the village. Left alone after her husband’s presumed death at the front, Malèna becomes the object of men’s desire and the victim of fierce envy from the women, facing a dramatic spiral of degradation and prejudice under the helpless gaze of the young boy.

Giuseppe Tornatore

A director, screenwriter and author capable of blending folk tales with an international outlook, Tornatore has made a decisive contribution to shaping the Italian cinematic imagination of recent decades, winning numerous awards both at home and abroad. The retrospective, to be held at the Multicinema Galleria and the Teatro Petruzzelli, traces the entire filmography of the Oscar-winning director, featuring 14 titles that have enchanted generations of viewers: Il camorrista (1986), Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988), Stanno tutti bene (1990), Una pura formalità (1994), L’uomo delle stelle (1995), La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano (1998), Malèna (2000), La sconosciuta (2006), Baarìa (2009), L’ultimo Gattopardo: ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010), La migliore offerta (2013), La corrispondenza (2016), Ennio (2021), Brunello, il visionario garbato (2025).

Filmography

Il camorrista, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Stanno tutti bene, Una pura formalità, L’uomo delle stelle, La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano, Malèna, La sconosciuta, Baarìa, L’ultimo Gattopardo: ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo, La migliore offerta, La corrispondenza, Ennio, Brunello, il visionario garbato.