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Please check your email for further instructions.It was directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni. Want more content like this? Want Articles Like This? Join Our Newsletter! We promise not to spam you. Due to scenes of gross sexual immorality, cruelty and religiously-motivated violence, MALENA is strongly not recommended.ĭo you enjoy articles like this? Click here to become a monthly partner and receive a movie for free! Home Reviews. The church, too, is mocked in MALENA, and there is little redeeming content amid this story of excessive sin and depravity. Ever-watchful Renato does not come to her aid but, nevertheless, learns a valuable lesson about courage. Malena is leered at by men, reviled by women and eventually suffers greatly for her beauty. The church, too, is mocked in MALENA and there is little redeeming content amid this story of excessive sin and depravity. Even more disturbing, much of the violence is committed under the guise of righteousness and piety. MALENA contains beautiful scenery and clever fantasy scenes of early Hollywood-type classics, but it is a darkly disturbing, violent, anti-Christian story of gossip, false accusations, sexuality, voyeuristic adolescents, revenge, and tragedy.