No contemporary world-class filmmaker has managed to come as close to finding the perfect cinematic definition of beauty as Paolo Sorrentino. Yet this isn’t a superficially glittering portrayal; on the contrary, its mediators are aware of their power and also of the loneliness that comes with it. Here, for the first time, Sorrentino places a female protagonist at the centre of the narrative, the ravishing Parthenope, whose life unfolds in chapters spanning several decades. This same name was given in the past to the unmistakable city of Naples, whose attraction could be life-changing, as in the case of the beautiful woman veiled in melancholy. With his stylishly polished, seductive film, Sorrentino returned to the Cannes competition this year for the seventh time.
Karel Och
136 min / Color, DCP
Director Paolo Sorrentino
/ Screenplay Paolo Sorrentino
/ Dir. of Photography Daria D'Antonio
/ Editor Cristiano Travaglioli
/ Art Director Carmine Guarino
/ Producer Lorenzo Mieli, Anthony Vaccarello, Paolo Sorrentino, Ardavan Safaee
/ Production The Apartment, Pathé Films, Piper Film, Numero 10, FremantleMedia Italia, Saint Laurent Productions
/ Coproduction A24
/ Cast Celeste Dalla Porta, Gary Oldman, Luisa Ranieri, Silvio Orlando, Stefania Sandrelli, Isabella Ferrari, Peppe Lanzetta, Alfonso Santagata, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Silvia Degrandi
/ Sales Pathé International
/ Distributor Aerofilms
Paolo Sorrentino (1970, Naples). Selected filmography: One Man Up (L'uomo in più, 2001), Il divo (2008), The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza, 2013), Youth (Youth - La giovinezza, 2015), Loro (2018), The Hand of God (È stata la mano di Dio, 2021), Parthenope (2023).
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