2024 · drama · coming-of-age
Parthenope
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino2h 17m2024
Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is shamelessly courted by many. However, beauty comes at a cost.
Our read: Parthenope (2024) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive drama · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / coming-of-age, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- inventive
- signature
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