There is great curiosity around the new film by Paolo Sorrentino, Parthenopewhich will have its world premiere in the competition of Cannes 2024. Among the things we know about the film for the moment there is the origin, which has its roots in the myth of the mermaid of Naples, and it is precisely a sensual mermaid the protagonist of poster.
In the very rich cast of Parthenope we find (in alphabetical order) Dario Aita, Celeste Dalla Porta, Silvia Degrandi, Isabella Ferrari, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Biagio Izzo, Marlon Joubert, Peppe Lanzetta, Nello Mascia, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Daniele Rienzo , Stefania Sandrelli and Alfonso Santagata.
Splash, a mermaid in Naples
Filmed between Naples and Capri, Parthenope is an Italy-France co-production. Written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, the film is produced by Fremantle and Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle group company, Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, Paolo Sorrentino for Numero 10, his new production company, and Ardavan Safaee for Pathé. Douglas Urbanski is the executive producer.
The director of photography is Daria D’Antonio, the Costume Artistic Director is Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, the costume designer is Carlo Poggioli, the editor is Cristiano Travaglioli, the production designer is Carmine Guarino, the casting is by Annamaria Sambucco and Massimo Appolloni.
Pathé is handling the film’s international sales and will also distribute it in France and Switzerland. In the USA, the film will be distributed by A24, a clear sign that Paolo Sorrentino is aiming for the Oscars thanks to the support of one of the bravest and most active distributions on the market.
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What Parthenope is about
As he reveals Box Officethe synopsis of the film told by Paolo Sorrentino revolves around the “long journey of Parthenope’s life, from 1950, when she was born, until today. A female adventure without heroism, but inhabited by inexorable passion for freedom, for Naples and the unpredictable faces of love. The real, the useless and the unspeakable, which condemn you to pain. And then they make you start again. There perfect Capri summer, as kids, wrapped in lightheartedness. And the ambush of the end. Youths have this in common: brevity. And then all the others, the Neapolitans, lived, observed, loved, men and women, disillusioned and vital, their melancholic drifts, the tragic ironies, the slightly dejected eyes, the impatience, the loss of hope of being able to laugh again once for a distinguished man who stumbles and falls in a downtown street. Life can be very long, memorable or ordinary. The passage of time gives the whole repertoire of feelings. And there at the end, near and far, this indefinable city, Naples, which bewitches, enchants, screams, laughs and then knows how to hurt you”.
