Malena (Blu-ray) Blu-ray, 2000

A story of the painful passage into adulthood from director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso), Malena is set in a sleepy Sicilian town in 1940, where teenager Renato develops a crush on the the beautiful and mysterious Malena (Monica Bellucci). Malena's husband Nino, who has been away fighting in the war, has now been reported dead, and the women of the town have taken to spreading malicious gossip about this woman who never fails to turn their husbands' heads. But as the gossip spreads, and the town fills with half-truths and false rumours, there is only one person who knows the truth, and that is young Renato. Will he have the courage to stand up for her?