Parthenope (film)

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Parthenope
Parthenope 2024 film poster.jpg
Release poster
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Written byPaolo Sorrentino
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Daria D'Antonio
Edited by Cristiano Travaglioli
Music by Lele Marchitelli
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 21 May 2024 (2024-05-21)(Cannes)
  • 24 October 2024 (2024-10-24)(Italy)
  • 12 March 2025 (2025-03-12)(France)
Running time
136 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
Languages
Box office$8.5 million [1]

Parthenope is a 2024 coming-of-age drama film written, produced and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. [2] An international co-production between Italy and France, the film stars Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta and Isabella Ferrari.

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Parthenope was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 21 May 2024. It was theatrically released in Italy by PiperFilm on 24 October 2024. It has received mixed reviews from critics.

Premise

According to Sorrentino, the film is about a woman named Parthenope "who bears the name of her city but is neither siren", like the mythical figure of the same name, "nor myth". [3]

The film is set in the sunlit city of Naples. The smiling Parthenope recalls her childhood, in which her brothers were obsessed with her. Her anthropology professor finds her a brilliant student. She considers becoming an actor, but is not inspired by her eccentric acting coach. She wonders about becoming an aesthete, and meets the drunken writer John Cheever, whose work she admires. Or perhaps she could have a romantic fling with the ugly bishop who attends the miracle of the dried blood that turns liquid each year, the phenomenon she is studying in anthropology.

Cast

Production

Parthenope was co-produced by Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle's The Apartment Pictures and Ardavan Safaee for Pathé, in association with Sorrentino's Numero 10, PiperFilm, Anthony Vaccarello's Saint Laurent Productions and Logical Content Ventures. [4] In August 2023, Gary Oldman was announced as part of the cast. [5]

Principal photography took place in Naples and on the nearby island of Capri. [2] Sorrentino worked with cinematographer Daria D'Antonio, who previously shot The Hand of God . [6]

Release

Parthenope was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 21 May 2024 [7] [8] and earned a nine-and-a-half minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. [9]

Prior to its Cannes premiere, A24 acquired North American distribution rights to the film. [10] In May 2024, the formation of a new Italian distribution and international sales company named PiperFilm was announced, with Netflix as its partner for the post-theatrical window and with agreement reached with Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia for operational theatrical distribution of its films. Parthenope was named to be PiperFilm's first acquisition, and was released on 24 October 2024. [4] [11] The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on 12 March 2025 in France by Pathé, [12] which also handled international sales. [13] A24 has set a U.S. release for 7 February 2025. [14]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 46% of 35 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.5/10. [15] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [16]

The Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw dismissed the film as being "facile" and "conceited", accusing Sorrentino of "pure self-parody" and likening the film to a long-form advertisement for expensive cologne. [17] [18] Cineuropa 's Davide Abbatescianni defines it Sorrentino's "less accomplished feature film, technically impeccable but narratively weak," adding how Dalla Porta's character "is too cryptic," making the audience "struggle to understand her behaviour, her arrogance and audacity, and the many bombastic and didactic conversations she's part of." [19]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations for Parthenope
Award or film festivalDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Cannes Film Festival 25 May 2024 Palme d'Or Paolo Sorrentino Nominated [20]
CST Award for Best Artist-Technician Daria D'Antonio Won [21]

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  2. 1 2 Wiseman, Andreas (24 November 2023). "Paolo Sorrentino: First Images Revealed Of New Movie Starring Gary Oldman, Celeste Dalla Porta, Luisa Ranieri & More". Deadline . Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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