event La Cineteca Italiana: Malena
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Wed Nov 18
6 pm
La Cineteca Italiana: Malena at Sewell Social Sciences
As always, Madison boasts a decent platter of international cinema offerings if you're willing to scrounge for them in odd nooks and crannies. UW's French And Italian Department contributes yet another to this field of scattered offerings, La Cineteca Italiana. This week, the Cineteca screens Giuseppe Tornatore's 2000 World War II-era drama, Malena. The title character (Monica Bellucci) is a beautiful Sicilian woman with a husband at war, and a 13-year-old neighbor's infatuation with her lends the film a comedic, erotic tinge. Malena becomes darker than a mere adolescent romance, though, when Bellucci's husband reportedly dies and she turns to prostitution to support herself.
Sewell Social Sciences 1180 Observatory Dr. , Madison, WI
As always, Madison boasts a decent platter of international cinema offerings if you're willing to scrounge for them in odd nooks and crannies. UW's French And Italian Department contributes yet another to this field of scattered offerings, La Cineteca Italiana. This week, the Cineteca screens Giuseppe Tornatore's 2000 World War II-era drama, Malena. The title character (Monica Bellucci) is a beautiful Sicilian woman with a husband at war, and a 13-year-old neighbor's infatuation with her lends the film a comedic, erotic tinge. Malena becomes darker than a mere adolescent romance, though, when Bellucci's husband reportedly dies and she turns to prostitution to support herself.
Updated 11/04/2009
