Similar Movies?

I would recomend the movie "Le Souffle au Coeur", it's a similar movie, about a kid in sexual awakening, the difference is that the "Malena" in the movie is his mother. It might sound weird, but it's a beautiful movie.

hmm.. may i recommend 'the reader'.

La seconda moglie

And you are about to read a book that my foot wrote.It's called on the road to in your ass

I always thought Renato was the boy version of Amelie, so I'd have to suggest...
Amelie.

Mitt Liv Som Hund (My Life As A Dog)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089606/

Lust Och Fägring Stor (All Things Fair)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113720/

One of the best coming-of-age/voyeur movies of the 70's is the Italian movie "Malizia" starring the beautiful Laura Antonelli.

Summer of '42.

When I watched Malena it reminded me of this movie.

From the synopsis:

The "Summer of '42" depicts the loneliness of just one of the war brides of the time. Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill) has a husband in service...

Hermie, a teenager in a beach cabin nearby, is coming of age and he and his two buddies are looking for their first intimate encounter.

This movie attempts to portray the emptiness of the young women whose husbands went to fight in WW II.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067803/

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