EXCLUSIVE: A24 has acquired the North American rights to Parthenopethe new film from Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino ahead of its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
Parthenope is Sorrentino's seventh film to play the Croisette since 2004 consequences of love of 2008 Famous which won the Jury Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize, 2011 This must be the place starring Sean, which also won the Ecumenical Jury Prize, 2013 The Great Beauty and 2015 Youth. The Great Beauty would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014.
Sorrentino's previous director, of hand of god inspired by his youth, received a nomination for the Oscar 2022 for the best international film and was released in the state of Netflix.
Pathe is handling foreign sales and releasing the film in France and Switzerland.
The film follows Parthenope, who was born in the sea of ​​Naples in 1950, searches for happiness during the long summer of her youth, falling in love with her hometown and its many unforgettable characters. Sorrentino shot the Italian-French co-production between Naples and Capri.
The picture stars Dario Aita, Celeste Dalla Porta, Silvia Degrandi, Isabella Ferrari, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Biagio Izzo, Marlon Joubert, Peppe Lanzetta, Nello Mascia, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Daniele Rienzota, Stefano Sandrega and Stefano Sandrega.
Parthenope is produced by Fremantle Film with The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company and Pathé in association with Numero 10, in association with Saint Laurent and PiperFilm. Producers are Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company; Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, Paolo Sorrentino for Numero 10 and Ardavan Safaee for Pathé. Douglas Urbanski is the EP.
Under line credits at Parthenope includes cinematographer Daria D'antonio, costume art director Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, costume designer Carlo Poggioli, editor Cristiano Travaglioli, production designer Carmine Guarino, and casting directors Annamaria Sambucco and Massimo Appolloni.
