Director Giuseppe Tornatore earned international acclaim in 1989 with his brilliant tribute to movies, Cinema Paradiso.

So far, he has not been able to recreate that film's success. But Malena may be his best attempt in recent years.
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If you enjoy sweet with sour, Malena is for you. But be warned, the combination is a little hard to take.

Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, the film -- in Italian with English subtitles -- appears to be a straight-forward coming-of-age profile of an obsessive boy growing up in Sicily during WWII.
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