What is her sin? Her only sin is being too beautiful.

Akeem 2021-12-10 08:01:39

"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" (Malèna) is an Italian feature film released in 2000, directed by Giuseppe Tonadore and starring Monica Bellucci. The film tells that during World War II, 13-year-old Renardo fell in love with a local young woman, Marina, who was much older than him. Her husband went to the front, and her beauty attracted the jealousy and rejection of local women. The boy dreamed of repeating the romantic part of the movie with this big sister.
This film made me remember a moving woman, the actor of Marlena in the film-Monica Bellucci. She is so beautiful!
The film narrates from the perspective of a teenager Renardo. On the surface, it outlines the growth of a teenager, but in fact it uses a richer but not simple way to tell the sad story of a beautiful woman. The reason for the sadness is not only in that distressing tugging scene, but also in the gossip, suspicion, misunderstanding, jealousy, resentment, and even naked physical abuse experienced by the character of Malena (the serious-looking barber And the serious lawyers have not forgotten the ups and downs of life caused by the possession of Malena's body. What can not be ignored is the background of the times. The war separated Malena from her husband, made Malena suffer from loneliness and rumors, and also caused her husband to suffer physical and spiritual damage. The great thing about this movie is that it not only shows the beauty of women and the ugliness of human nature, but also shows the restlessness of youth and the troubles of growing up, and it exposes the cruelty of war.
Beauty and innocence, pure and innocent, but when these two of the best things in the world are placed on a woman, in this world where human nature has not yet evolved to the perfection, this is a catastrophe of extinction.

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Malena quotes

  • Renato Amoroso: From now on, I'll be at your side. Forever, I promise. Just give me time to grow up.

  • Renato Amoroso: Buona fortuna, signora Malèna.