Cast: Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Daniele Rienzo, Dario Aita, Isabella Ferrari, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta, Marlon Joubert, Silvia Degrandi, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Biagio Izzo, Nello Mascia, Alfonso Santagata
Director-screenwriter: Paolo Sorrentino
Rating: 3/5
Runtime: 136 m

The Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Parthenope’, is an epic tale that captures the essence of the city of Naples, throughout the latter half of the 20th century, through the life of one woman.

The titular character, Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta), from her birth in the sea through a life marked by love, loss, guilt, and redemption, serves as a source of Naples’ mythological identity. The decades spanning narrative chronicles her birth, her youth and the years she spends adrift as a young adult.