Parthenope : Exclusive Interview with Director Paolo Sorrentino

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Adriano Ercolani : Italian Film Critic and TV Author living in New York since 2011. Critics Choice Association member. Graduated in History of Cinema in Rome, he works as a freelance correspondent for some of the most important Italian outlets like Hollywood Reporter Italy, Comingsoon.it, Cinefilos.it and Ciak Magazine. He started working as a film critic almost thirty years ago: in his career he attended the most important Film Festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, New York Film Festival, Tribeca) and conventions (San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic-Con, Disney D23). All over the years he has interviewed some of the most important contemporary authors like Michael Mann, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Peter Jackson, Alexander Payne, Joel and Ethan Coen, Kathryn Bigelow, Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, Jane Campion). In 2009 he interviewed Christiane Kubrick and Ian Harlan inside Stanley Kubrick’s private office. Other than movies he is fond of American literature and basketball. Los Angeles Lakers fanatic. He lives in New York with his wife and his bossy 3-year -old daughter.

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.

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 (Graphic Nudity|Strong Sexual Content|Language)

Genre : Drama, Fantasy

Original Language : Italian

Release Date (Theaters) : Feb 7, 2025, Limited

Runtime : 2h 16m

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