Review of Malena (2000) by Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader — 22 Jun 2015
Somewhere in writer-director Giuseppe Tornatore's overstyled movie, about a 12-year-old boy (Sulfaro) during the Italian fascist period who has the hots for a mistreated war widow (Belluci), is a pretty good short story about the fickleness of community and the cruelty of gossip struggling to get out.
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This review of Malena (2000) was written by Jonathan Rosenbaum and published by Chicago Reader on 22 Jun 2015.
Malena has generally received positive reviews.
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