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Title:

Maléna [videorecording] / a Medusa Film Miramax Production ; written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Miramax ; La CrosseWI :

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Coming of age--Drama.
Teenage boys--Sicily--Sicily--Drama.
Young women--Sicily--Sicily--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Sicily--Sicily--Drama.
Erotic films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.

Other Authors:

Tornatore, Giuseppe, 1956-
Sulfaro, Giuseppe.
Bellucci, Monica, 1968-
Vincenzoni, Luciano.
Medusa Film Productions.
Miramax Films.
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.

Notes:

Title from container. Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci. Based on a story by Luciano Vincenzoni. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.

Summary:

On the day that Italy joins World War II, 12-year-old Renato rides through town on his bike and meets Malena, a foreigner who has moved into town to be with her husband, but whose beauty inspires lust and jealously in the community. Renato goes off to fight in the war and his thoughts of Malena are what keep him going. When Malena's husband is killed in the war, she is taken to court, charged with adultery. Renato must find the courage within himself to defend her.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)761958258

UPC:

096009776497

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)