Malena

Too young to be a widow, too beautiful to be alone.

A melancholic coming-of-age story set in wartime Sicily that explores the tragic isolation of a beautiful widow through a boy's yearning gaze, tracing her descent from admiration to exploitation.

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.