ITALIAN CINEMA Introduction I am not very acquainted with Italian cinema, as I have seen only 3 Italian films. Il Postino, La Vita è Bella and Malena. I don't remember much about Il Postino and Melena. I remember I loved the way they mixed Pablo Neruda's poetry with the Italian accent, and the cinematography of the background was beautiful. I don't remember much about Malena, except that it has a extremely beautiful leading actress, …showed first 75 words of 1638 total…

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