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Malèna

Year:

2000

Duration:

109 min | USA:92 min (heavily cut) | Turkey:84 min (TV version) | Denmark:92 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | War

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 17 nominations

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 2000-10-27

Filming Locations: Messina, Sicily, Italy

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $62,282 (USA) (25 December 2000)

Gross: $3,429,045 (USA) (1 April 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Monica Bellucci

Malèna

Elisa Morucci

Giuseppe Sulfaro

Renato Amoroso

Luciano Federico

Renato's Father

Matilde Piana

Renato's Mother

Pietro Notarianni

Professor Bonsignore

Gaetano Aronica

Nino Scordia

Gilberto Idonea

Avvocato Centorbi (as Gilberto Idone)

Angelo Pellegrino

Segretario politico

Gabriella Di Luzio

Mantenuta del Barone

Pippo Provvidenti

Dott. Cusimano

Maria Terranova

Moglie Dott. Cusimano

Marcello Catalano

Lieutenant Cadei

Domenico Gennaro

Farmacista

Vitalba Andrea

Moglie farmacista

Giuseppe Pattavina

Pretore (as Pippo Pattavina)

Franco Catalano

Negoziante

Daniele Arena

Agostino

Giovanni Litrico

Pinè

Gianluca Guarrera

Nicola

Michel Daniel Bramanti

Sasà

Giuseppe Zizzo

Tanino

Totò Borgese

Milite fascista (as Toto' Borgese)

Emanuele Gullotto

Negoziante dischi

Aurora Quattrocchi

Tenutaria bordello (as Rori Quatrocchi)

Claudia Muzi

1a Prostituta (as Claudia Muzii)

Ornella Giusto

2a Prostituta

Conchita Puglisi

3a Prostituta

Noemi Giarratana

Sorella Renato

Paola Pace

1a Donna linciaggio

Lucia Sardo

2a Donna linciaggio

Alaïs Aviana Adell

(as Adelaide Alessi)

Angelo Battista

Vanni Bramati

Claudio Castrogiovanni

Alessandro Cremona

Lazzaro Croce

Patrizia De Libero

Maria Teresa Di Clemente

Francesco Drago

Giovanni Febraro

Fabrizio Ferracane

Sebastiana Fichera

Sebastiano Fisichella

Angelo Fortuna

Antonio Fulfaro

Turi Killer

Giuseppe Luciano

Chiara Marchese

Salvatore Martino

Giovanni Martorana

Antonio Pellegrino

Claudio Piano

Antonello Puglisi

Carmela Pulvirenti

Adriana Rizza

Roberto Rizza

Giada Salesi

Orio Scaduto

Agostino Scuderi

Sergio Seminara

Fausto Siddi

Vincenzo Terranova

Agostino Ursino

(as Agatino Ursino)

Drew Breeden

US Soldier (uncredited)

Brandon Fibbs

American Soldier (uncredited)

Noam Morgensztern

Two children (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Guiseppe Sulfaro was actually naked in the sex scene between Renato and Lupeta the prostitute and no body double was used.

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The prostitute (Elisa Morucci) whom Renato makes love to is not named in the film and in the end credits, the character's name is revealed to be Lupetta.

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Goofs

Nino's position changes when he falls to the ground after he is hit. He is first on his left, then more on his back. His position relative to the steps also appears to change.

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Renato's bike changes position when he helps Malena pick up oranges.

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The bike that Renato rides, suddenly has a modern derailleur-type chain tensioner at the rear at about 20-21 minutes into the film. At all other times, his bike has a fixed rear gear without the chain tensioner.

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Quotes

Renato's Mother: But he'll have no pockets!

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Renato Amoroso: From now on, I'll be at your side. Forever, I promise. Just give me time to grow up.

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Renato's Father: [regarding Renato's incessant and loud masturbation sessions at night] You are going to go blind!

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Faq

What are the differences between the International Version and the Original Italian Version?

Miramax removed 15 minutes from the original 109-minute version. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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