Taormina Movie Pageant to Tribute Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘Malena’

Italy’s Taormina Movie Pageant can pay homage to its Sicilian setting by celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of Giuseppe Tornatore’s steamy interval drama “Malena” that launched Monica Bellucci‘s worldwide profession.

The storied occasion, now headed as soon as once more by advertising and marketing guru Tiziana Rocca, will host a screening of a restored copy of the movie a couple of 13-year-old boy’s obsession with a small-town siren in World Battle II Sicily that turns into the unhappy odyssey of a lady punished for her magnificence, and is that includes a nonetheless of Bellucci in “Malena” on its poster.

“On the twenty fifth anniversary of the discharge of Malena, we’re completely satisfied and proud to dedicate this yr’s Taormina Movie Pageant poster to one of the vital iconic movies in up to date Italian cinema,” stated Rocca in an announcement, including that “Malena” “has left an indelible mark on the collective creativeness, portraying with extraordinary delicacy and poetry the story of a lady, her attract, and her solitude.”

Beneath Rocca’s new mandate the fest shall be divided into three sections: worldwide function movie competitors, an out-of-competition part, and particular occasions.

Characteristic movies accomplished after Oct. 1, 2024, and offered completely as an Italian premiere are eligible for the competitors choice. A global jury will award the next prizes: greatest movie, greatest actress, and greatest actor.

Held because the mid-Fifties within the Sicilian resort identified to U.S. audiences as the placement of “The White Lotus” Season 2, the summer season fest boasts an 8,000-seat open-air historical Greek amphitheater within the shadow of Sicily’s energetic Mt. Etna volcano. Friends have included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Federico Fellini, Pedro Almodovar and Tom Cruise.

The 71st version of the Taormina Movie Pageant will run June 10-14