Academy Award-winning director Paolo Sorrentino frequently makes love-letter dramas in his Italian home of Naples. And just like his last film, the Academy Award-nominated “The Hand of God,” the filmmaker returns to this territory with his new drama “Parthenope.”
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A decades-spanning coming-of-age tale, Sorrentino once said the movie is about a woman “who bears the name of her city but is neither siren nor myth.”
In Greek mythology, Parthenope is the name of a siren who, having failed to entice Odysseus with her songs, cast herself into the sea and drowned.
With an outstanding ensemble cast including Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Isabella Ferrari, Silvia Degrandi, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Daniele Rienzo, Dario Aita, Marlon Joubert, Alfonso Santagata, Biagio Izzo, and Peppe Lanzetta, Parthenope will be released in theaters this winter 2025. Saint Laurent was associated with the film, and Anthony Vaccarello was the Costume Artistic Director.
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Here’s the official synopsis:
Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.
“Parthenope” opens in theaters on February 7, 2025, via A24. Watch the first trailer below.
