Chivalrous Pervert: Renato tries to defend Malena's honour a couple of times despite lusting over her. Color-Coded Characters: Used early on with Maléna to distinguish her from the other women by her white dress. After quite a while when it's confirmed Mussolini has been overthrown, we see Renato getting a pair of pants made for him. Brick Joke: Renato makes his father swear to buy him a pair of long pants when Il Duce dies. 
It almost succeeds, specially when the other women beat her bloody purely for being prettier than them.
Break the Cutie: The plot totally bends over to break Malena. Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Maléna herself cycles through all three colours in the film. The narrator (Renato as an adult) then tells us that he's known many women who asked him not to forget her, but the only woman who never asked - Maléna - is the only one he's never forgotten. before she walks out of his life forever. Bittersweet Ending: The townswomen let Maléna back into their lives, she's reunited with her husband, and Renato finally talks directly to her. They're introduced making snide remarks about Malena as she walks around town, establishing that they're going to be a problem for her. Big Brother Instinct: Even though Renato is actually in love with Malena, his actions to the people gossiping about her have undertones of this. The lawyer actually references the trope when defending her in court. Beauty Is Bad: Subverted since Maléna is not bad but the other women in the town have this attitude. 
Back from the Dead: Her husband, at the end of the film.
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