Malena
Too young to be a widow, too beautiful to be alone.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$0
Box office
$14 493 284
Director
Actors
Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica, Gilberto Idonea, Angelo Pellegrino, Gabriella Di Luzio, Pippo Provvidenti
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Harvey Weinstein, Carlo Bernasconi, Bob Weinstein, Rick Schwartz, Teresa Moneo
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Francesco Frigeri
Audition
Adolfo Onorati
Editing
Massimo Quaglia
Whole Team (48)
Whole Team (48)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the short story of the same name by Luciano Vincenzoni.
- The director's cut of the film has a runtime of 108 minutes.
- The version for the United States was heavily cut. Primarily, the cut scenes depicted the teenage protagonist's dreams in which he had sex with Malena. Only the scene where the boy visits a brothel and lies down in bed with a prostitute who resembles Malena was left of the erotic scenes.
- Filming took place in Sicily and Morocco from September 27, 1999, to March 15, 2000.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
