Factual error: Throughout the film, you hear Lina Termini's "Ma L'Amore No" playing on the gramophones. However, "Ma L'Amore No" was released in 1943 - three years after the film's setting. (02:02:00)
Continuity mistake: When Malena gets out of her house and walks toward the kids, the right part of her hairstyle changes scene by scene.