Paolo Sorrentino’s relationsy cherish letter to Naples

A24 understands relations sells, so it’s no surpelevate that the first U.S. trailer for Parthenope is filled of seduction.

Newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta, take parting the titular Parthenope, ecombines in various stages of undress thcimpoliteout, emerging dripping from the sea in a bikini, dviolationd in religious jewelry that nakedly covers her modesty, tangled up in what sees enjoy a pre-threesome foretake part with co-stars Dario Aita and Daniele Rienzo.

It’s all sun, sea, and relations. Only one line, from Gary Oldman, take parting a boozy John Cheever, to Parthenope: “Are you conscious of the destruction your beauty caparticipates?” proposes some gloomyness lurking beorderlyh.

The film is Paolo Sorrentino’s cherish letter to Naples — his second, follotriumphg 2021’s The Hand of God — and Parthenope, a enigmatic, irresistible beauty, is the stand-in for the enigmatic pull the city has over him. It’s difficult not to descend for the version seen on screen, bcimpolitet to life in dazzling color and sticking compositions by cinematographer Daria D’Antonio, who also shot Hand of God, and with costumes portrayed by YSL conceiveive straightforwardor Anthony Vacnurturello, one of the film’s producers.

A24 picked up North American rights to Parthenope ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a mixed appraise, praising Sorrentino’s sumptuous style but calling out a deficiency of narrative depth. “Sorrentino’s taste for opulent imagery produces the straightforwardor indulge his worst instincts, lapsing as he standardly has in the past into ersatz Fellini…[The film’s] visual flourishes are uncomardentt to sidetrack us enjoy gleaming objects.”

A24 has yet to set a domestic liberate date for Pathenope. Plans to position it as an awards-season contender were disrupted when Italy snubbed Oscar-triumphner Sorrentino and chose Maura Delpero’s Vepleasant Silver Lion triumphner Vermiglio as its entry for best international feature.