🎬 Trailer & Vibe
Sorrentino says that Parthenope is a coming-of-age film that deals with the (‘epic’), ‘Luminous and poetic’ essence of Naples which Parthenope encapsulates in her being. The trailer includes sunlight and sweeping coastal views, alongside Baroque style architecture epitomizing the life of Parthenope. It feels like a love letter to Naples, and is imbued with lingering sadness, poignant nostalgia, and a feminine gaze that feels almost eternal.
👤 Cast & Roles
Celeste Dalla Porta as Parthenope: Parthenope is said to be born in the year of 1950. Named after one of the sirens associated with the city of Naples she grows as a character, enabling her to explore and reflect what it means to be considered ‘myth’.
Gary Oldman as John Cheever: American author who combines philosophy with his thoughts on love while exploring Parthenope and her’s to come beauty, and the cross she must bear as she ages.
Stefania Sandrelli, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta, and Isabella Ferrari play the parts of friends, family and ex lovers who enrich and shape her life to and witness them decade by decade.
📝 Story Synopsis – Told Cinematically
A tale that commences in genius Naples, ‘Parthenope’ depicts a character surrounded by tranquility and prosperity. Born as a daughter to a family consisting of an affluent father and a sorrowful mother, she is molded into an angelic figure as a child. Gradually, she begins to mature and transitions from yearning for a younger romantic affection to getting deeply saddened by heartbreak. Moreover, constantly being in the shadow of her brother certainly makes it appear that Parthenope’s childhood is cursed.
Over the years, she evolves into a figure of Nadia glamorously studying anthropological myths and societal science. Yet, her beauty does not stop toadying in deep waters. Chronicled across decades while Parthenope ventures across the globe, she witnesses ageless deception, perpetual loathe, and the irritating silence of being praised without comprehension. Revisiting Naples is something Iolds dearly for her, as she can analyze the city for what it’s worth after half a decade as a voiceless tale cherished by countless souls, only to be portrayed to anchor alongside it in unison to its myth, forever relinged and intertwined with the age old sirens.
⭐ Themes & Reception
The book explores the veneration and excitement of Parthenope’s beauty while, on the better side, unleashing a feminine mystique which was defined and erased through soul cycles across the globe.
Reviewers lauded it as a visual composition that seeks to evoke feelings and use imagery instead of a story, celebrating Dalla Porta Celeste’s performance as indeed, a captivating one. Some people appeared to be turned off by its lack of direction in terms of sequence, yet had a strong emotional response to its sensory dimensions. Although the religious images and themes would stir controversy, people can all agree on the poetic ambition being widely appreciated.
🎞️ Final Impression
Parthenope is not just a simple drama, but it rather is a cinematic poem that is philosophically dense and is filled with lush melancholy. For audience members that are attracted to feelings and emotions emphasized over a story and imagery, then this introspective european cinema is ideal. Sorrentino makes a cinematic tribute to Naples as well as to the perpetual myth of womanhood, shaping a film that eternally remains in the mind like a dream that is half-remembered, but in its wake carries whispers of loss, beauty, and longing.
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