Monica Bellucci Giuseppe Sulfaro Luciano Federico MOVIE CLIPS click to subscribe j.mp Malena (Monica Bellucci) is surprised to be welcomed back with open arms after the way she was chased out of town. TM & © Miramax Films (2012) Cast: Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci Director: Giuseppe Tornatore MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: amzn.to Producer: Carlo Bernasconi, Mario Cotone, Fabrizio Lombardo, Teresa Moneo, Rick Schwartz, Mario Spedaletti, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein Screenwriter: Giuseppe Tornatore, Luciano Vincenzoni Film Description: A young man’s infatuation for a beautiful older woman blooms amidst the outbreak of World War II in this bittersweet comedy-drama from Italy. Renato (Giuseppe Sulfaro) is a 13-year-old boy growing up in a small Sicilian community. Mussolini has risen to power and has declared war upon England and France, but Renato has other things on his mind — mostly girls. While hanging out with his friends by the seashore, Renato spies Malèna (Monica Bellucci), the daughter of one of his schoolteachers, whose husband Nino (Gaetano Aronica) is fighting with Mussolini’s army. Renato is immediately obsessed with Malèna and follows her like a lost puppy, spying on her whenever circumstances permit and imagining her as his co-star in elaborate erotic fantasies inspired by his favorite movies. Renato, however, is hardly the only man in town to be struck by Malèna’s charms, and her …