Malèna
Movie • 2000
ReportOn the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?
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MovieWatcher10
The main character, Malèna is constantly ogled, spied upon and lusted after by the male villagers. The male gaze is constantly prominent and the villagers often invade her personal space, forcing themselves upon her. Her lawyer (?) sexually assaults her, forcing himself upon her and feels entitled to sex as payment for his services.
Meanwhile the women in town gossip and declare Malèna a whore and homewrecker due to their own jealousy of Malèna's beauty.
Meanwhile the women in town gossip and declare Malèna a whore and homewrecker due to their own jealousy of Malèna's beauty.
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The women of the village certainly act as bullies and near the ending, they beat up Malèna.
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MovieWatcher10
*SPOILER* near the ending, someone's hair is shaved against their will.
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Malèna is constantly sexually objectified by the men and boys of the village. They immediately feel entitled to her as soon as the news is spread that Malène has become a widow (and is no longer seen as the property of her assumed dead husband).
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