Synopsis
On June 10, 1940, in the fictional small Sicilian town of Castelcutò, a teenage boy named Renato Amoroso experiences three major events: the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini announces that Italy is entering World War II; he receives a new bike; he sees for the first time, together with his friends, the beautiful and sensual Maddalena "Malèna" Bonsignore Scordìa, who is the most desired young woman in town. Her husband Antonino "Nino" is in the armed forces fighting the British in Africa and she lives alone. Because of her physical appearance and her solitary status, she is an object of lust for all the town's men and of hatred for its women. She keeps an eye on her father, who is the school teacher of Renato and his friends and also lives alone, until he receives an anonymous note slandering her, which causes him to reject her. Renato becomes obsessed with Malèna, spying on her in her house, stalking her when she leaves it and thinking of her in all his erotic fantasies. He also steals some of her underwear from her clothesline; when his parents find it in his bedroom, they become upset and strictly punish him, trying to break his fixation. One day, Malèna is notified of her husband's death, adding grief to her isolation. She is said to have been with a lot of men; she unwisely fuels these rumours by allowing the young and handsome Cadei, a single air force officer, to visit her after dark. When she is denounced and put on trial by the wife of an elderly dentist, the officer sends testimony that he was nothing more than an occasional friend. The betrayal hurts, but Malèna says nothing to condemn him. After her acquittal, her advocate pays her a visit and forces her to pay for his services. A year later, Nino and Malèna return and are seen strolling through the town. Women notice she now looks more matronly and plain, even if still beautiful. Since she is still married and living once again with her husband, people no longer consider her a threat and begin speaking of her and to her with more respect. While she walks home, some fruit falls from her bag and Renato rushes to pick it up. He wishes her good luck and she gives him an enigmatic half-smile: it's the only time Malèna and Renato have an actual interaction in the whole movie. Many years later, an aged Renato reflects that he has known many women, many of whom asked him to remember them, without success; he admits that the only woman he can't forget is Malèna.
On June 10, 1940, in the fictional small Sicilian town of Castelcutò, a teenage boy named Renato Amoroso experiences three major events: the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini announces that Italy is entering World War II; he receives a new bike; he sees for the first time, together with his friends, the beautiful and sensual Maddalena "Malèna" Bonsignore Scordìa, who is the most desired young woman in town. Her husband Antonino "Nino" is in the armed forces fighting the British in Africa and she lives alone. Because of her physical appearance and her solitary status, she is an object of lust for all the town's men and of hatred for its women. She keeps an eye on her father, who is the school teacher of Renato and his friends and also lives alone, until he receives an anonymous note slandering her, which causes him to reject her. Renato becomes obsessed with Malèna, spying on her in her house, stalking her when she leaves it and thinking of her in all his erotic fantasies. He also steals some of her underwear from her clothesline; when his parents find it in his bedroom, they become upset and strictly punish him, trying to break his fixation. One day, Malèna is notified of her husband's death, adding grief to her isolation. She is said to have been with a lot of men; she unwisely fuels these rumours by allowing the young and handsome Cadei, a single air force officer, to visit her after dark. When she is denounced and put on trial by the wife of an elderly dentist, the officer sends testimony that he was nothing more than an occasional friend. The betrayal hurts, but Malèna says nothing to condemn him. After her acquittal, her advocate pays her a visit and forces her to pay for his services. A year later, Nino and Malèna return and are seen strolling through the town. Women notice she now looks more matronly and plain, even if still beautiful. Since she is still married and living once again with her husband, people no longer consider her a threat and begin speaking of her and to her with more respect. While she walks home, some fruit falls from her bag and Renato rushes to pick it up. He wishes her good luck and she gives him an enigmatic half-smile: it's the only time Malèna and Renato have an actual interaction in the whole movie. Many years later, an aged Renato reflects that he has known many women, many of whom asked him to remember them, without success; he admits that the only woman he can't forget is Malèna.
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00:00Bollywood Silver Screen presenting Malina
00:03This story starts from a small town in Sicily
00:07and the time is 10th June 1940
00:11This is the time of World War 2
00:13There is a lot of commotion all around
00:16And then we are shown some government officers
00:19who make announcements
00:20Everyone will listen to their radio at 5 in the evening
00:23Because the government will announce war on radio
00:26against France and UK at 5 in the evening
00:29There is a child in this town whose name is Renato
00:32Renato shows his cycle to his friends
00:35And then his friends tell Renato to sit down
00:38Malina is about to come
00:40And we are shown a beautiful girl
00:43who is coming towards them
00:45This girl's name is Malina
00:47And she is the most beautiful girl in this town
00:50Renato falls in love with Malina at first sight
00:53Malina is married
00:55And her husband has gone to war
00:58Malina's father is a teacher
01:00And Renato and his friends study in his class
01:03Renato always thinks about Malina
01:06And one day he does not go to school
01:08and stands in front of Malina's house
01:10Malina comes out of the house
01:12which looks very beautiful to her
01:14And then Malina calls Renato
01:17And says, can you get some stuff for me?
01:20And does not give the money in her hand
01:22and throws it down
01:23And when Renato is picking up the money
01:25Then he falls asleep
01:27Actually, this is his dream
01:29Renato wants to look big like Malina
01:32That is, he wants to make her worthy
01:34That's why he takes his father's pant
01:36and goes to the tailor
01:38And says, make this pant my size
01:40Because now he does not want to wear half pant
01:42But he wants to wear full pant like the elders
01:45So that he can impress Malina
01:47Malina can look big in the eyes
01:49And when Renato goes home
01:51His father beats him very badly
01:54Because he has found out
01:56That he has made his pant by getting his pant cut
01:58And Renato does not care about this
02:01Because he has started loving Malina
02:03That's why when everyone goes to sleep at night
02:05Then he goes outside Malina's house
02:07Makes a hole on her wall
02:10And from that hole he sees Malina
02:12Who is holding her husband's photo inside
02:14And dancing to a music
02:16The next day he goes to a music shop
02:18And buys the same music cassette
02:20On which Malina was dancing
02:22At night he listens to that music very carefully
02:25And gets lost in the thoughts of Malina
02:27The next morning he follows Malina
02:30He sees that a lot of people in the city
02:32Are watching Malina
02:34They are following her
02:36Because everyone likes Malina
02:38Also, the ladies of the city
02:40That is, the females
02:42They don't like Malina at all
02:44Also, they make rumors about her
02:46That she has an affair with a stranger
02:48Although there is no truth in this
02:51Hearing this, Renato is also very sad
02:53And he keeps following Malina
02:55Malina goes to a house
02:57And this house belongs to her father
02:59Actually, Malina comes here every day
03:01To take care of her father
03:03And Renato is now convinced
03:05That Malina has no affair with anyone
03:08Which makes her very happy
03:10And after a few days
03:12Government officers come to the town
03:14Who tell everyone that
03:16Many of our soldiers were martyred in the war
03:18In which the name of Malina's husband is also told
03:20And hearing the name of Malina's husband
03:22All the people of the town
03:24Get very happy
03:26They feel that now they can
03:28Hit Malina on the chance
03:30Renato is very angry at their thoughts
03:32But he can't say anything to them
03:34Because he is very young now
03:36Renato goes to Malina's father's house
03:38Malina is at her father's house right now
03:40She is crying in the room
03:42Renato goes to her
03:44And says don't worry
03:46I will always be with you
03:48Just let me grow up
03:50Actually, this is Renato's imagination
03:52He is thinking all this in his mind
03:54When in reality
03:56He has never met Malina
03:58After this he goes up
04:00And he tells God
04:02You save Malina from the people of this city
04:04I will come here every day
04:06And light a candle
04:08Actually, he is very worried about Malina
04:10After this, he goes to Malina's house again
04:12Where Malina is sad and worried
04:14She dries her clothes
04:16And goes inside the house
04:18Renato steals her clothes
04:20And runs away
04:22Actually, he misses her a lot
04:24That's why he takes her clothes to his house
04:26But in the morning
04:28When his father goes to his room
04:30And sees the girl's clothes there
04:32He gets very angry
04:34He beats Renato very badly
04:36And locks him in the room
04:38For the next three days
04:40He is not given any food or water
04:42After this, the doctor is called home
04:44The doctor checks Renato
04:46And tells him
04:48He just needs to go out in the open air
04:50After which Renato is allowed to go out of the house
04:52Now a few more days pass
04:54And one day
04:56When Renato is in school
04:58Then a letter comes to Malina's father
05:00In which it is written
05:02That your daughter Malina
05:04Has an affair with many people
05:06He is a characterless person
05:08Hearing this, Malina's father is very shocked
05:10And to save himself from defamation
05:12He breaks all his relations with Malina
05:14On the same night
05:16Renato goes to Malina's house again
05:18And he secretly watches
05:20Where the city's lieutenants are with Malina
05:22Actually, Malina and him
05:24Have an affair
05:26They both spend time together
05:28When the lieutenant comes out of Malina's house
05:30The city's dentist comes there
05:32He asks the lieutenant
05:34How did he dare to go to Malina's house
05:36He is with Malina
05:38A fight breaks out between the two
05:40But then the dentist's wife comes there
05:42With the police
05:44And now Malina's city
05:46Has become very defamed
05:48The next day, everyone in the city
05:50Was talking about Malina
05:52That she has an affair with married people
05:54A case is filed against Malina
05:56And she goes to a lawyer
05:58To fight her case
06:00That lawyer wins Malina's case
06:02But the lieutenant is transferred
06:04From here to somewhere else
06:06Now Malina and the lieutenant
06:08Are separated
06:10The lawyer who won Malina's case
06:12Goes to Malina's house
06:14And tells her that he doesn't want money
06:16Actually, Malina doesn't have that much money
06:18And now he
06:20Takes advantage of her helplessness
06:22He takes Malina inside the room
06:24Renato is watching everything
06:26From outside
06:28But he can't help Malina
06:30The lawyer comes to Malina's house every day
06:32But one day the lawyer's mom finds out
06:34After which she hits him with her stick
06:36And after that
06:38The lawyer never comes to Malina's house
06:40Which makes Renato very happy
06:42Renato has prayed to God
06:44To save Malina from that lawyer
06:46And now she is free
06:48From that lawyer's clutches
06:50A few days go by
06:52And a lot of bombs fall in their city
06:54Because Hitler's army
06:56Has attacked their city
06:58And in this attack
07:00Malina's father dies
07:02She is all alone in the world
07:04Her husband is dead
07:06She loves him very much
07:08And her father is no more
07:10She has no money
07:12And no one gives her any work
07:14In the city
07:16She cuts her hair at night
07:18And colors her hair
07:20Which means
07:22She will sell her body
07:24And earn money
07:26Because she has no other way
07:28The next day Malina
07:30Goes home and sits
07:32All the people around
07:34Are happy to see Malina
07:36Because they have understood
07:38What Malina is doing now
07:40And they all wanted this
07:42Because now they can take advantage of Malina
07:44With this new form of Malina
07:46There is only one person in this city
07:48Who is sad
07:50And that is Renato
07:52A few days go by
07:54And the German army
07:56Occupies the city
07:58Malina leaves with the officers
08:00Which makes Renato very sad
08:02And he faints there
08:04Renato's mother thinks
08:06That she is possessed
08:08So she takes Renato to the priest
08:10Who exorcises her
08:12But Renato's father
08:14Has understood
08:16What has happened to Renato
08:18So his father takes her to a place
08:20Where there is a beautiful girl
08:22Which Renato visualizes as Malina
08:24After this
08:26Malina recovers
08:28After some time
08:30The German army
08:32Leaves the city
08:34Which means the war is over
08:36After the war
08:38All the women in the city
08:40Hates Malina
08:42She goes to a hotel
08:44And brings Malina out
08:46Her hair is cut
08:48Her face is blackened
08:50She is beaten badly
08:52Renato sees all this
08:54But he can't help Malina
08:56After which Malina
08:58Has to leave the city
09:00Renato keeps looking at her
09:02He is very sad
09:04But he can't stop her
09:06A few months pass
09:08Malina's husband
09:10Who was killed in the war
09:12Is still alive
09:14Actually he was a war prisoner
09:16He lost his hand in the war
09:18And he has come back to the city
09:20To find his wife Malina
09:22But he can't find Malina
09:24Everyone in the city
09:26Tells him a lot about Malina
09:28How his wife
09:30Earned money by going on the wrong path
09:32Hearing this
09:34His husband is very sad
09:36Renato also observes all this
09:38Malina's husband is not told the truth
09:40How did the people of the city
09:42Behave with Malina
09:44In which circumstances he had to choose the wrong path
09:46But Renato wants to tell him everything
09:48That's why one night
09:50When Malina's husband is sleeping
09:52Then Renato writes everything in a letter
09:54And keeps it with him
09:56And leaves from there
09:58Now when Malina's husband reads that letter
10:00Then in it Renato wrote
10:02Malina loves you very much
10:04She was always honest for you
10:06But when the news of your death came
10:08Then the people of the city
10:10Committed a lot of atrocities on her
10:12And forced her to take the wrong path
10:14And now she has left the city forever
10:16And gone to Messina
10:18After knowing all this truth
10:20Malina's husband also leaves for Messina
10:22And exactly one year later
10:24It is shown that Malina's husband
10:26Has come back to this city with Malina
10:28Seeing Malina with her husband
10:30The whole city is surprised
10:32Renato is also in this crowd
10:34Who is watching Malina
10:36She is very happy to see her
10:38But now Renato is also with a girl of her age
10:40Whom he is dating
10:42The next morning it is shown
10:44That Malina comes to the city to shop
10:46But now everyone is watching her
10:48With respect
10:50Because she is with her husband
10:52That's why all the women of the city
10:54Who had killed Malina
10:56Who thought that Malina
10:58Was a threat to their husbands
11:00Now they are watching her
11:02With respect
11:04They are wishing her good morning
11:06Although Malina has endured a lot in her life
11:08But even today she is very beautiful
11:10As before
11:12When Malina goes home after shopping
11:14Her bag falls
11:16Renato who is watching her from a distance
11:18Comes to her to help her
11:20He has come so close to Malina for the first time
11:22He has talked to Malina for the first time
11:24Malina says thanks to him
11:26And when she moves forward
11:28Renato says good luck
11:30Malina looks back
11:32And gives him a smile
11:34Many years pass
11:36And now Renato has grown up
11:38In Renato's voice
11:40Renato tells us that
11:42He met many women
11:44But even today
11:46I remember only one face
11:48And that face is Malina's
11:50Actually Renato never forgot Malina
11:52Malina's story
11:54Shows us a dirty and disgusting face
11:56Of our society
11:58How our society
12:00To make a woman a victim of lust
12:02Can go to any extent
12:04If we want to make our society
12:06To make our world better
12:08Then first of all
12:10We should respect women
12:12And girls who live alone
12:14Who are fighting in their lives
12:16Only then we can make a better
12:18And better society
12:20And every person has to start from himself
12:22So this was the whole story
12:24Of the film Malina
12:26We hope you liked this story