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Film · 2024

Parthenope

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino · starring Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli and Luisa Ranieri

  • 8.3 Users3 votes
  • 5.7 Critics5 reviews

Synopsis

Parthenope Giovane (Celeste Dalla Porta / Stefania Sandrelli) is a woman who has lived her entire life in Naples, located in Italy. Already being an old woman, the protagonist remembers her life and her years of youth in the dreamlike landscapes of the previously mentioned place. During her twenties in the seventies she meets two men who are seduced by her: Sandrino (Dario Aita) and Roberto Criscuolo (Marlon Joubert).

The three will live adventures together and will be taken through the paradisiacal Italian fronts while they will live an exciting romance story full of eroticism. Is Parthenope a myth, a mermaid that is too enigmatic to be real? Figures like John Cheever, played by the talented British actor Gary Oldman, will try to find it out.

'Parthenope' is a film written and directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, who has previously signed titles such as 'The Great Beauty' or 'Youth'. The film was presented at the last Cannes Film Festival. Part of the cast is completed by names such as Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta, Isabella Ferrari or Silvia Degrandi. In addition, it has been praised and criticized in both ways: some say that its beauty is impressive, while it is also claimed that its message is poor and superficial.

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The essentials

Runtime
136 min2 hours and 16 minutes
Budget
€26.3mThe Apartment
How long is Parthenope?
2 hours and 16 minutes (136 minutes).
Who directed Parthenope?
Paolo Sorrentino.
Where can I watch Parthenope?
In the UK you can watch it on subscription on Mubi and with the Prime Video channel on Mubi.
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Director
Paolo Sorrentino

Videos and trailers

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Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 5 reviews
8.3 3 votes

What the critics say average 5.7 from 5

  • 9.0 VarietySiddhant Adlakha Parthenope is a film that rumbles with the hum of nostalgia, recapturing the feeling of youthful, summer freedom while refusing to shy away from the uncertainties of young adulthood. But it's no… Read
  • 7.5 The PlaylistGregory Ellwood Parthenope's fictional life story may actually not be as intriguing as Sorrentino thinks it is. A movie that begins with blistering sex appeal really starts to lose momentum in its third act. Read
  • 5.0 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich Preoccupied with the idea that a lack of self-knowledge is what makes people mysterious, Parthenope denies its namesake any real interiority, convinced that depriving us the chance to appreciate her… Read

Soundtrack

All 4 songs
  1. WarmthPeter Gregson, Warren Zielinski, Magdalena Filipczak, Laurie Anderson, Ashok Klouda
  2. Era Già Tutto PrevistoRiccardo Cocciante
  3. Valse Triste, Op.44, No.1Jean Sibelius
  4. ExodusWojciech Kilar
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