Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- In Italian — subtitles on.
The story
12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.
- prostitute
- jealousy
- sicily
- italy
- widow
- world war ii
- longing
- coming of age
- beautiful woman
- crush
- sex trafficking
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Monica Bellucci
Malèna Scordia
Giuseppe Sulfaro
Renato Amoroso
Luciano Federico
Renato's Father
Matilde Piana
Renato's Mother
- Pietro Notarianni — Prof. Bonsignore
- Gaetano Aronica — Nino Scordia
- Gilberto Idonea — Centorbi, the Lawyer
- Angelo Pellegrino — Political Secretary
- Gabriella Di Luzio — Baron's Lover
- Pippo Provvidenti — Dr. Cusimano
- Maria Terranova — Dr. Cusimano's Wife
- Marcello Catalano — Lieutenant Cadei
- Elisa Morucci — Lupetta
- Domenico Gennaro — Pharmacist
- Vitalba Andrea — Pharmacist's Wife
- Directed
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Written
- Giuseppe Tornatore
Production
- Studio
- Medusa Film, Miramax, Pacific Pictures, Tele+
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
