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Parthenope

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Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.
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Critics Consensus

Equal parts sumptuous and vapid, Parthenope gains some radiance thanks to Celeste Dalla Porta's arresting performance but frustratingly finds writer-director Paolo Sorrentino out of his depth.

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Catherine Wheatley Sight & Sound Nov 4
It is grotesque, magical, beautiful and tragic; awash with corruption and innocence and terrible poverty and mad decadence. In short, a perfect tribute to Sorrentino’s “dear, awful Naples”. Go to Full Review David Sexton New Statesman 05/05/2025
So bella figura conquers all. So much beauty, so senselessly. Go to Full Review Ed Potton The Times (UK) 05/03/2025
1/5
This is a film that strives desperately for beauty, sensuality and philosophical depth and only sporadically achieves the first of those. Go to Full Review Guillermo Troncoso Screen Realm 07/29/2025
3/5
A film that, much like its protagonist, captivates on the surface but leaves you yearning for more beneath. While there’s visual splendour and the occasional wonderful sequence, the film struggles to find a meaningful, emotional core to pull us in. Go to Full Review Clotilde Chinnici Movies We Texted About 07/26/2025
Unfortunately, this one is nothing more than a glorified – and overtly long – perfume commercial in the way it uses the male gaze to objectify the protagonist in the backdrop of a beautiful – but highly idealised – Naples we only catch glimpses of. Go to Full Review Maxance Vincent Film Speak 07/11/2025
A-
With Parthenope’s final sentence, Sorrentino instills in us the hope that it’s more than acceptable to misunderstand our place in this society, provided we don’t sit and do nothing for too long because everything we have can be over in an instant. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Julia 02/27/2025 It's very interesting, very Italian, you must understand. Art! Bravo! See more Kurt E 02/26/2025 Interesting story. Held my attention even with the subtitles. Beautiful locations and cast with stunning lead actress. Seemed like a love- hate-love letter to Naples. See more Mr. Hollywood 02/24/2025 Scenery and cinematography is gorgeous and of course so is the main character but overall by the end its just a decent enough slice of life movie. Does not offer anything new and an out of the blue pointless character is shown, youll know what Im talking about. Couldve been better if it didnt make side scenes that didnt add much to anything See more Alex 02/24/2025 There is a unique beauty in this movie I haven’t seen elsewhere. See more dominicsedillo1980 02/23/2025 What an utter delight. See more Robert D 02/22/2025 Really disliked the movie! No direction! One of those movies where it seemed the director felt no obligation to the audience! Just throw a bunch of scenes up that he felt that he might enjoy filming for his own entertainment! Or to annoy people that took precious time and money to sit through it! I love Italy and Italians but this a pretty sad depiction of them! See more Read all reviews
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Paolo Sorrentino

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Celeste Dalla Porta

Parthenope

Stefania Sandrelli

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Gary Oldman

John Cheever

Silvio Orlando

Devoto Marotta

Luisa Ranieri

Greta Cool

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Synopsis Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.
Director
Paolo Sorrentino
Producer
Lorenzo Mieli, Paolo Sorrentino, Ardavan Safaee, Anthony Vaccarello
Screenwriter
Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
Distributor
A24
Production Co
The Apartment
Rating
R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Romance, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 7, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2025
Runtime
2h 16m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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