The film is set in the sunlit city of Naples. The smiling Parthenope recalls her childhood, in which her brother was obsessed with her. Her anthropology professor finds her a brilliant student. She considers becoming an actress, but is not inspired by her eccentric acting coach. She wonders about becoming an aesthete, and meets the drunken writer John Cheever, whose work she admires. Or perhaps she could have a romantic fling with the ugly bishop who attends the miracle of the dried blood that turns liquid each year, the phenomenon she is studying in anthropology.
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Parthenope
(2024)11
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| Spoken Language | italian, english |
| Runtime | 2 hr 17 min |
| Budget | €26 300 000 |
| Premiere: World | $11 112 663 September 22, 2024 |
| USA | $289 303 |
| Other countries | $10 823 360 |
| Premiere: USA | $289 303 October 27, 2024 |
| first day | $16 381 |
| first weekend | $31 588 |
| theaters | 139 |
| rollout | 48 days |
| Digital: World | March 11, 2025 |
| Parental Advisory | Sex & Nudity, Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking, Profanity, ... |
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Parthenope is a woman who bears the name of her city. Is she a siren or a myth?Сast and Crew
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If Sorrentino’s films are like alcoholic drinks, then this one is pure alcohol in its strength. Here Paolo delightfully disregards the (rather conventional) rules of good taste and simply takes and mixes together in maximum concentration all his favorite themes, ideas and images. Therefore, if you are on the same wavelength with him of such aestheticizing pessimism, then "Partenope" will be a holiday that will upset you only because it ended so soon. Translated to English
As always with Sorrentino – bright, poetic, beautiful. The scene of the great merger – my respect! But at the same time, it was not possible to get imbued with the character of Parthenope. The whole story is torn, and something was always missing. Somewhere the drama needs to be twisted, somewhere explained, and somewhere the scene needs to be lengthened. Translated to English
I didn’t get what it was. Some kind of highly artistic vulgarity. With inclusions of idiocy, bombast and body horror / Reminded me of the recitation of poetry by the sixties, when the text is good, but with such intonations that it makes you feel ashamed and sounds like a parody Translated to English
I remembered the joke about AvtoVAZ and the cursed place. Sorrentino reminds me of the heroes of that joke: he tramples in the past and does not notice the obvious: it is not the place, but the hands. A pompous, pompous, but very, very beautiful thing. Translated to English
A gorgeous parable about the beauty of Naples. Paolo again bursts into the charts with both feet, without retreating from his impeccable style, ignoring the clucking of fools about self-repetitions and the objectification of corporeality. The great beauty of youth, which cannot be lived twice, but can be contemplated until old age Translated to English
The film turned out to be gypsy-Papuan: bright postcards and an abundance of vulgar scenes – catch, viewer, your "beads"! And they forgot about the fact that in each "amarcord" the main thing is living, not artificial characters. So it is as far from "The Hand of God" as it is from the Moon – you can’t even step into the waters of the Gulf of Naples twice Translated to English
Sorrentino’s signature style is visuals over substance. Dense concentration of aroma and aesthetics. Beauty at the expense of a coherent story, but not without meaning. Some will like it, some will not. And I will just say – bravo! 8! Translated to English
A beautiful film, like others by Sorrentino. About beauty, youth, death, aging. Translated to English
Beautiful people cry too. When they are smart. But at the end of life they laugh if someone’s wild youth passes by. It was very beautiful. Translated to English
Sorrentino’s strangest and most paradoxical film, combining vulgarity and poetry, ugliness and beauty, maturity and youth. There are simply a ton of meanings and symbols. It’s hard to understand, you have to feel it. It’s not for nothing that the film divided both viewers and critics. (7.510) Translated to English
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