Malèna. Ennio Morricone

Описание

This Giuseppe Tornatore's movie is about the peril of a beauty through the eyes of a 13 year old kid named Renato (Giuseppe Sulfaro). He experiences three things on the same day, beginning of war, getting a bike and sees the arrival of Malèna (Monica Bellucci) in town. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malèna, whose husband is presumed to be dead, and through his soul we see his love for her.

Ennio Morricone's collaboration with director Giuseppe Tornatore that has produced music of a wholly different color, character, and emotional resonance. Malèna takes its place as one of their finest achievements. The composer has called the film one of his toughest assignments: music that must underscore both comedy and pathos, romance and tragedy, often in the same musical passage. The main theme is filled with memorably melodic grace and simple dignity. The score evokes the story's setting (wartime Sicily) and its troubling meditation on the lasting effects of prejudice, sexism, and jealousy with a deceptive effortlessness that's also a Morricone trademark.