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Malena
2000
· Movie
· 108 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1946
- IMDb #1259
- Google retired #358
- Rotten Tomatoes #2528
- Metacritic #2620
- Letterboxd #1901
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3613
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1242
- Metacritic Critics #3037
- Metacritic Audience #1765
- Criticker #1309
- Douban #76
- Kinopoisk #625
- AlloCiné #2746
- Trakt #1570
Every rating
54–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 54, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 54, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.
Details
- Director
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Writer
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Studio
- Medusa Film, Pacific Pictures, Tele+, Sciarlò
- Released
- 27 October 2000
- Country
- Italy, United States
- Language
- Italian, English, Latin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $14.5M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →3 wins from 19 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Cinematography | Lajos Koltai | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2000 | Golden Bear | Giuseppe Tornatore | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2000 | Best Foreign Language Film | Malèna | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2000 | Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2000 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Malèna | Nominee |
| Cabourg Film Festival 2000 | Grand Prix | Giuseppe Tornatore | Winner |
| David di Donatello 2000 | Best Production Design | Francesco Frigeri | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Lajos Koltai | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Language Film | Malèna | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Bear | Giuseppe Tornatore | Nominee |
David di Donatello
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Lajos Koltai | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Maurizio Millenotti | Nominee |
| Best Music | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Francesco Frigeri | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Score | Ennio Morricone | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Maurizio Millenotti | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Massimo Quaglia | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Francesco Frigeri | Nominee |
Cabourg Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | Giuseppe Tornatore | Winner |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Language Film | Malèna | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Malèna | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Malèna | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Malèna | Nominee |