

When his parents find it in his bedroom, they become upset and try to break his fixation. To fuel his erotic fantasies, he steals some of her underwear from her clothes line. Renato becomes obsessed with Malèna, spying on her in her house and stalking her when she leaves it. She keeps an eye on her infirm old father who lives alone, until he gets an anonymous note slandering her, which causes him to reject her. Because of her looks and her solitary status, she is an object of lust for all the town's men and of hatred for its women. The British in Africa, and she lives alone. Her husband is in the armed forces fighting

On June 10, 1940, in the small Sicilian town of Castelcuto, a teenage boy named Renato experiences three major events: Italy enters World War II he receives a new bike and he first sees the beautiful and sensual Malèna, who is the most desired young woman in town.
