Malèna

A Japanese B5 movie flyer for Giuseppe Tornatore’s 2000 film Malèna, featuring Design B: Monica Bellucci walking through a Sicilian street in a dark floral dress against a pale cream-and-gold background. This listing is for one Design B flyer only.

Monica Bellucci walks towards the viewer in a dark floral dress, carrying a black handbag, while men on either side of the street turn to watch her. The surrounding architecture dissolves into a soft wash of cream and gold, leaving the figure sharply defined against the pale background.

The red Japanese title, マレーナ, sits to the right, above a small waterfront image featuring a boy and a bicycle. Brown lettering across the top references Tornatore’s earlier films, Cinema Paradiso and The Legend of 1900, while a vertical Japanese phrase reads “忘れられないひと。” (“Someone unforgettable.”)

The printed promotional claim “2001年アカデミー賞最有力” refers to the 2001 Academy Awards season. This provides the basis for estimating this flyer’s issue year as c. 2001 (estimated), rather than establishing an exact printing date. Only the front is documented.

• Film: Malèna (film year: 2000)
• Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
• Lead cast: Monica Bellucci
• Music: Ennio Morricone
• Country: Italy / United States
• Japanese title: マレーナ
• Original title: Malèna
• Object: Japanese movie flyer, Design B
• Flyer issue year: c. 2001 (estimated)
• Format: B5, portrait, single sheet; 182 × 257 mm (B5 category standard, not individually measured)
• Printing: Color printing visible on the front; reverse not documented
• Language: Japanese, with Latin-script film title and credits
• Quantity: One flyer, Design B only

Only the front is documented. The reverse has not been photographed, and no assessment of wear or overall condition has been made.