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Italy10 Essential Italian FilmsStop 7 of 10
Malèna
In a Sicilian town during World War II, a boy on the cusp of adolescence becomes infatuated with a beautiful young woman whose looks make her the object of the whole town's desire and cruelty. Giuseppe Tornatore's bittersweet coming-of-age drama.
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Mood
- thoughtful · dark
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- character-driven drama
Content notes: war or political violence · violence or threat · sexual content Non-exhaustive