Paolo Sorrentino's latest film, 'Parthenope', premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to significant acclaim, receiving a 9.5-minute standing ovation. The film, set in 1950s Naples, explores themes of beauty and the passage of time through the eyes of its protagonist, played by Celeste Dalla Porta. Critics have praised the film's visual splendor, with some describing it as a lavish banquet of baroque virtuosity. However, opinions are divided, with some reviewers finding it overstuffed and lacking narrative coherence. Sorrentino described the movie as a celebration of his life's journey. The premiere was attended by notable figures, including Gary Oldman, who embraced Sorrentino after the screening. The film also features Daniele Rienzo and is distributed by A24.
PARTHENOPE is a gorgeously shot look at a beautiful woman’s life in Naples from the 1960s through the 1980s. This surreal & overstuffed anthropological examination of youth & beauty by Paulo Sorrentino is carried by the stunning acting debut of the luminous & quick-witted Celeste… https://t.co/ifbFG7So4A
Elsa Hosk flashes her side-boob as she goes braless in a chic black gown at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival premiere of Parthenope https://t.co/gYcoWKaoY4
PARTHENOPE: Fleeting youth, rueful age, exquisite beauty, a city (Naples) disparaged. Your guide, the alluring Celeste Dalla Porta, a discovery. Gary Oldman drops in. Another Paolo Sorrentino joint. #Cannes2024 https://t.co/KkBllYOvzM
Chiseled Jordan Barrett cuts a suave figure as he cuddles up to glamorous model Allegra Ream at the Marcello Mio premiere at Cannes Film Festival https://t.co/gTu8RBGx2i
Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Parthenope’ World Premiere Draws Nine-Minute Standing Ovation – Cannes Film Festival https://t.co/oZcSOtFOyx
whatever else you can say about Paolo Sorrentino, he feels like the last living director who will do 75 takes of a scene until a piece of gossamer saffron fabric unfurls in precisely the right way #Cannes
‘Parthenope’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino Drives Himself Crazy Trying to Imagine What Life Would Be Like for the World’s Most Beautiful Woman https://t.co/JTQwadPdPP via @IndieWire
Gary Oldman and Paolo Sorrentino Embrace as ‘Parthenope’ Gets 9.5-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes Film Festival https://t.co/Qun5Mi88Y9
Paolo Sorrentino follows HAND OF GOD with another ode to Naples. PARTHENOPE is as visually sumptuous as anything the Oscar-winning GREAT BEAUTY director has done, but it's both overstuffed and underpowered. My @THR review from #cannes2024 https://t.co/6V0eeO6x3j
“The movie is a celebration of the journey of my life” : Paolo Sorrentino says in a speech after the ‘Parthenope’ premiere at #Cannes2024 https://t.co/Z6PhssUcFL
Parthenope - Bad. An old man's wet dream of a film about a hot woman who doesn't use her beauty instead goes to university. Sorrentino makes exceptionally beautiful films that are more & more vapid & empty. You like hot women & Napoli, we get it, anything else to say? #Cannes2024
'Parthenope' Review: Paolo Sorrentino Whips Up More Great Beauty in Melancholic Tale https://t.co/JF4yIumXQ1
'Parthenope' Cannes Review: Paolo Sorrentino's drama set in 1950s Naples favours "flashy audio-visual tableaux over narrative coherence" says @leenelmezzo https://t.co/BA1QGcCta2
Paolo Sorrentino's beautifully shot Parthenope features star-making, sexy performances from Celeste Dalla Porta and Daniele Rienzo, but it loses considerable steam as the decades pass. My review from #Cannes https://t.co/qoROmHJAqZ
‘Parthenope’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino Drives Himself Crazy Trying to Imagine What Life Would Be Like for the World’s Most Beautiful Woman https://t.co/uUW5bPVpnG
'Parthenope' Review: Paolo Sorrentino Crafts an Exquisite Treatise on Cinematic Beauty https://t.co/gh6u6boR7J
‘Parthenope’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s Taste for Baroque Virtuosity Delivers a Lavish Banquet That's Too Rich to Digest https://t.co/eu1jylCRNg
#Cannes: Paolo Sorrentino returns with a rapturously sumptuous film that blurs the line between the sacred and the profane until sex feels like religion and religion feels like sex. Read our review for A24's #Parthenope here: https://t.co/xPGjNZ3JpC https://t.co/O1IxpE9dRC
'Parthenope' Review: Paolo Sorrentino's Love Affair With Naples Continues But This Time Through The Eyes Of A Woman - Cannes Film Festival https://t.co/jv0mkUuwjP
Paolo Sorrentino and cast of ‘Parthenope’ receive rapturous applause and a standing ovation at the Palais #Cannes2024 https://t.co/vYLfbZfyPs
‘Parthenope’ director Paolo Sorrentino with his cast on the Palais red carpet ahead of the premiere #Cannes2024 https://t.co/gBRFMOasWm
Director Paolo Sorrentino with star Celeste Dalla Porta and the ensemble of ‘Parthenope’ at the #Cannes2024 premiere https://t.co/SggNyAqMLb
Celeste Dalla Porta and Paolo Sorrentino on the carpet for the #Cannes2024 premiere of ‘Parthenope’ https://t.co/2fI6B89LAc
Paolo Sorrentino's 'Parthenope' Sells Around The World For Pathé Ahead Of Cannes Film Festival Premiere https://t.co/BGIkEg1VQz
New Italian Label PiperFilm Launches With Paolo Sorrentino's 'Parthenope' and Post-Theatrical Window Deal With Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/cSycSraanZ
Paolo Sorrentino on Making His First 'Feminine Epic' With Cannes Film 'Parthenope' and Directing Gary Oldman: He's 'One of the Top Five Actors in the World' ... https://t.co/WaXIEw1JTs