Paolo Sorrentino is immersing himself within the land of milk and honey for his newest ode to intangible magnificence, “Parthenope.”
Titled after the parable of Greek sirens who lured males to their deaths at sea, “Parthenope” stars Celeste Dalla Porta within the lead function. Whereas the literary legacy of Parthenope had the character drowning herself after her songs didn’t seduce Odysseus, Sorrentino’s model facilities on a rich lady who slowly drives her household insane by her magnificence.
The movie premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition, the place A24 acquired it. The distributor describes “Parthenope” as a “monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.”
The official synopsis reads: “Parthenope, born within the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the lengthy summers of her youth, falling in love together with her dwelling metropolis and its many memorable characters.”
Oscar winner Sorrentino writes and directs the function, which additionally stars Gary Oldman, Dario Aita, Silvia Degrandi, Isabella Ferrari, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Biagio Izzo, Marlon Joubert, Peppe Lanzetta, Nello Mascia, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Daniele Rienzo, Stefania Sandrelli, and Alfonso Santagata.
Sorrentino reunites together with his “The Hand of God” cinematographer Daria D’antonio.
“Parthenope” is an Italian-French co-production and was shot in each Naples and Capri. It’s a Fremantle movie produced by The Condo Photos, and Pathé in affiliation with Numero 10, in affiliation with Saint Laurent and PiperFilm. A24 is distributing the function in North America. Pathé is dealing with worldwide gross sales of the movie and also will distribute the movie in France and Switzerland.
Lorenzo Mieli produced “Parthenope” for The Condo Photos, a Fremantle Firm, with Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, director Sorrentino for Numero 10, and Ardavan Safaee for Pathé additionally producing. Douglas Urbanski is the manager producer.
The IndieWire evaluation positioned “Parthenope” inside Sorrentino’s filmography. Critic David Ehrlich wrote that after once more, Sorrentino “returns with a rapturously luxurious movie that blurs the road between the sacred and the profane till intercourse appears like faith and faith appears like intercourse, and as soon as once more he’s compelled by the siren’s track of youth and nice magnificence.”
The evaluation continues, “‘Parthenope,’ which borrows its title from one of many sirens of Greek fantasy, Sorrentino is unusually preoccupied with the connection between youth and nice magnificence. This isn’t the primary time that he’s pitted these twin intoxicants towards one another, contrasting the ephemeral nature of human lust towards the everlasting spirit of the poetry, structure, and deities we create in retaliation to that truth. In ‘Parthenope,’ nonetheless, the 53-year-old filmmaker dares to ask whether or not it’s attainable to separate the 2. Extra to the purpose: He questions whether or not individuals are able to totally appreciating them each on the similar time. ‘Parthenope’ is only a lengthy film made by a middle-aged man who nearly drives himself insane attempting to think about what life could be like as an unbelievably sizzling lady. It’s a thriller that’s taunted male artists for so long as they’ve dreamed of possessing the great thing about their muses, Sorrentino’s efforts to make sense of it really feel as anachronistic in 2024 because it might need been to present delivery to a sea creature from historic Greece in the course of the summer season of 1950. Then once more, some compulsions could also be extra timeless than we understand.”
“Parthenope” premieres in theaters in Winter 2025. Take a look at the trailer under.