
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A story of the painful passage into adulthood from director Giuseppe Tornatore (& Cinema Paradiso&) The year is 1940 & in the sleepy Sicilian town of Castelucto teenager Renato (Giuseppe Sulfaro) has developed a crush on the the beautiful & mysterious Malena (Monica Bellucci) Malena&s husband Nino who has been away fighting in the war has now been reported dead & the women of the town have taken to spreading malicious gossip about this woman who never fails to turn their husbands& heads But as the gossip spreads & the town fills with half-truths & false rumours there is only one person who knows the truth & that is young Renato