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Centorbi breaks off his relationship with the beauty. Unfortunately, Centorbi’s mother forbids the union. He mentions how she has little other options. Centorbi, the lawyer, tells Malena that he wants to marry her. The gossips continue to spread lies about her. However, it is Malena’s story that we are most interested about. Renato also has other problems – an overbearing father who is not a fan of Il Duce (Mussolini), a mother who doesn’t understand what it’s like to be a young man and manly urges and desires that he can do little about. He wishes to protect her but, he can’t because he’s just a boy. Renato is the silent viewer (or stalker) who sees all of the dramas in Malena’s life unfold. He basically rapes the young woman to receive his payment. When Malena tries to pay him, he tells her that he doesn’t want her money. Centorbi (Gilberto Idonea) helps clear Signora Scordia’s name. Bereft and lacking any income, she begs an attorney to help clear her name. By this time, she has received word that her husband, Nino, has died in the war. Malena does seek the help of an attorney one night after two suitors have an argument outside her home. When she can afford food, she is given the most disgusting of wares. She has no money and the women at the marketplace are cruel to her. Malena has trouble finding work and, as the war progresses, goes hungry. He automatically believes it – and disowns his child. Her father receives a note from someone saying that Malena is sleeping around. They continue saying terrible things about her. Of course, Malena’s standoffishness doesn’t endear her to the towns people. She tries to keep her distance from most of the people in the town. She is his first crush despite this, Malena is not aware of him. He, too, becomes smitten with the beautiful woman. Renato (Giuseppe Sulfaro) notices Malena one day with his pals. They paint her as a loose woman just because she’s curvaceous and gorgeous. Everyone says horrible things about Malena.
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The whole town takes notice – the men and boys want her the women want her gone. She inhabits the home of her husband, Nino. Malena Scordia, played by the beauteous Monica Bellucci, moves to Castelcuto with her father, a Latin teacher at the local school.
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Malena deals with so many topics the film gives one a sense about fascist Italy, World War II, coming of age and a woman’s struggle to overcome gossip and jealousy to make an honest life for herself despite great hardship. Personally, I don’t think that the film gets enough credit. Some people say that Malena, a 2000 film, written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore ( Cinema Paradiso), is over-rated.