Academy Awards, USA 2001
| Nominated Oscar | Best Cinematography Lajos Koltai |
| Best Music, Original Score Ennio Morricone |
Miramax
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Miramax)
A 13-year-old in Italy develops a sexual obsession with local beauty Monica Bellucci. He follows her around on his bicycle and spies on her every move. Her husband is sent away to fight in WWII and is eventually reported killed in action. Her widowhood prompts him, and every male in town, to vie for her attention. This raises the ire of every wife in town, who, at the end of the war, almost beat her to death in the town square. Her husband unexpectedly returns deflating his and everyone elses hopes. Beautiful photographed by Lajos Koltai, who captures the period, the small town atmosphere and the wistfulness of childhood, but the film dwells too much on juvenile sexual fantasies and we hardly get to know the title character at all.
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