Paolo Sorrentino would not have received any awards at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Ansa reports this. Tonight the closing ceremony and awards ceremony.
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The Cannes Film Festival 2024 it will close tonight, Saturday 25 May. Godmother Camille Cottin, from the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, will open the closing ceremony of the 77th edition and the presentation of the prizes including the most coveted one: the Palme d’Or for best film. The only Italian film in competition is Parthenope Of Paolo Sorrentino. According to what Ansa reports, however, the director would not have received any award and would have already returned to Rome.
Cannes 2024 and the indiscretion about Paolo Sorrentino: no prize for him
In a brief note, Ansa reports an indiscretion according to which Paolo Sorrentino with his film “Parthenope” would not have received any award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The fifty-three-year-old has already returned to Rome:
As far as we know, Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino would not have won any prize in this 77th edition of the Cannes festival. It was the only Italian film in competition and the director returned to Rome yesterday.
All that remains is to wait for the awards ceremony to find out if this indiscretion will be confirmed. The live broadcast is scheduled to start at 6.45pm, Italian time.
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Parthenope, the film by Paolo Sorrentino with Celeste Dalla Porta
Paolo Sorrentino is in competition at Cannes 2024 with the film Parthenope. Celeste Dalla Porta plays the protagonist. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the actress said: “How did I prepare for the role of Parthenope? Since the first rehearsals I did with Paolo Sorrentino. Each time he revealed to me a new element of the script or character. He recommended books for me to read, such as Ferito a Mortal by Raffaele La Capria and The Sea Does Not Wet Naples by Anna Maria Ortese. These books helped me a lot to get to know Naples better“. And he concluded:
I went there before filming to get to know the place and familiarize myself with the language. For films, she suggested I watch I Knew Her Well by Antonio Pietrangeli and to be inspired by the melancholic gaze of the young Stefania Sandrelli. I also studied Natalie Portman’s performance in Closer. It was also important to work on Parthenope’s body language. It’s the way she looks at the world.
