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- Published on Feb 16, 2026
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From writer/director Paolo Sorrentino and starring Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta and Isabella Ferrari. PARTENOPE - In Theaters February 7
RELEASE DATE: February 7
DIRECTOR: Paolo Sorrentino
CAST: Celeste Dalla Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta and Isabella Ferrari
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This looks like a movie that was made in the 90’s that wasn’t released and then after restoring the footage we are now finally getting it
All his movies feel like that.
Gary Oldman would be younger in that case.
this is a goated comment
So a movie from when they still made good movies?
In that case would that make him gary Newman?@koalabunnyy
Funny review of this movie I've read:
"Every work of art begins with a question. With Parthenope, Paolo Sorrentino asks: _What if a woman was hot?"_ 😂
It's probably the worst of Sorrentino's films. It's incredibly pretentious, but then it's also so painfully flat that you can't even call it campy. The only good thing about it is the visuals; but even that gets tiring after a while.
@nikki-t00bewatch his film only for the beautiful woman
@nikki-t00be Sorrentino has made one great film, and I'm beginning to think he did it completely by accident.
@henrygifford544hey, can’t say nothing about “parthenope” cause I didn’t watch it yet. But yours is a risky sentence! Maybe, as it often happens for foreign directors, you missed some of his oldest movies like “Le conseguenze dell’amore” or “L’amico di famiglia” or “Il Divo”. I’m assuming you’re not Italian and you didn’t watch these movies. Probably I’m wrong. Otherwise, give them a look. They’re masterpieces.
@henrygifford544the young pope was quite good
This looks like an extended perfume commercial 😂
True😂😂😂😂
😂
Or a cigarette commercial...
You haven't seen anything by Sorrentino, I imagine, what you have to hear...
Sorrentino has actually directed a Bvlgari commercial, and apparently, for whatever reason, every year he presents a movie at the Toronto Film Festival, they play it before screening. 😭
Gary Oldman: I'm retiring.
Paolo Sorrentino: Want to be in my movie where you hang out on the Mediterranean with the most beautiful young people alive?
Gary Oldman: I think I got one more in me.
Nooo he can't retire just yet😭
More weird, degenerate, foreign, subversive, divisive, harmful messaging and propaganda.
@frypan8942 Not until Squadron 42 releases at least.
😂😉
@Raguleader Wouldn't the filming for that be already done though? We're just waiting for Chris Roberts to optimize his ungodly complex engine.
The classic "woman beautiful like a goddess and every man in that Italian city falls in love with her" movie genre
Yes but no. Watch it and come back. It has more depth than that.
More weird, degenerate, foreign, subversive, divisive, harmful messaging and propaganda.
just another 304
So, Malena?
@niidea927 My man.
Parthenope was one of the three bewitching sirens of the Odyssey. Disappointed by Ulysses' refusal, she committed suicide and her body was carried by the currents to the gulf where Napoli stands today. 🧜🏼♀️💙
A man really has to tie himself up to stop being ruined by the likes of her, no?
Guess shell die at the end of this then
Thanks saved me time from having to google it 🙏
Grazie, Giulia! Ciao
Not sure what you’re referring to but it is definitely not the Odyssey. May or may not feature Odysseus, but not the Odyssey.
The actress reminds me of Mia Sara from Ferris Bueller's Day Off or Legend.
She reminds me of a young Jessica Hecht.
Dude I can’t unsee it. WOW
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Dude honestly at first I thought it WAS her!
Except she is more beautiful...
"I don't want to steal one minute of your youth from you" - Count Dracular is a reformed character!
Then proceeds to stealing it 😂
hilarious.
@vladonutueu Stealing? nah she's offering
yeah.. he still regrets that day when he stole John Wick's klepto wife..
That's a hell of a line
"Parthenope" is a smart title ! Parthenope is supposed to have been a Siren of Greek Mythology, who drowned willingly when she failed to seduce Odysseus (in the Greek versions, Sirens were bird-like, not fishes), and whose tomb was in current Napoli, and her name was often used to mean Naples as a periphrase. So the main character is both the seductive figure of the femme fatale, but also the beauty of the place - Italian streets in the sun, something you can fall in love for one Summer.
No, no Siren is named in the Odyssey.
@zoebaggins90 In the Odyssey the Sirens are indeed not named (they're just referred in the dual, which can either imply they were two or that it was a feature of their names which context we lack). But please note that I didn't mention the Odyssey as a source for this myth. The main mentions of Parthenope actually comes from two Roman accounts of Greek mythology: Strabo, who just gives the name of Parthenope to a siren, and Servius in his comments to Ovid's Metamorphosis, who adds the detail that she tried and failed to seduce Odysseus.
More weird, degenerate, foreign, subversive, divisive, harmful messaging and propaganda.
Also why starbucks worships the devil. They use the sirens in their logo. Don't forget the devil comes to kill and destroy.
I've read an interesting take from an Italian explaining that the main protagonist is the allegory of Naples itself as she's named after it (literally, it's in the first scene). This makes some scenes that otherwise seemingly have no sense meaningful and adds another layer of meaning to other ones. Brilliant movie.
I walked into this film on a rainy day in a Danish cinema, thinking if Gary Oldman is in it, it must be in English. I don’t speak a word of Italian. Even so, the movie deeply moved me. What a journey!
you are probbably old and nostalgic
Great review.thanks I must say it looks very photographic
More weird, degenerate, foreign, subversive, divisive, harmful messaging and propaganda.
Subtitles maybe?
I remember in a high school media class we watched "Duel" without sound. The point was to teach us that a good director can convey the message without dialogue.
Brazillian song playing on the background: "A Gira - Trio Ternura - 1973"
Misunderstandable
Heard this at a festival in Amsterdam years ago and has been a personal favourite since.
Appreciated!
@yega3k of course
Thank you
One thing about A24 is they’re always gonna hit it off with the aesthetics.
"They" are doing no such thing. The cinematographer and the director are "hitting it off with the aesthetics" - what do you think A24 do, exactly? Do you think they're some entity that exists on set, guiding the way a movie looks?
@crumblebee6728 and yet A24 films definitely have a 'look'
@crumblebee6728 maybe if you weren't such an insufferable arse, you would have the ability to comprehend that a film doesn't make and distribute itself. It needs money. Without A24, there would be no aesthetic.
@crumblebee6728well yes because a24 decides what they want to buy and the end product they want to attach their name with so he is right in a way with them ‘hitting it off with the aesthetics’ even though this movie is nothing but bland aesthetics and with the most boring lead
@crumblebee6728bro what? yes that’s the job of the production company. they produce the movies they want.
No idea why EVERYONE is comparing this to Challengers. In that movie it wasn’t like everyone was falling head over heel for Zendaya, only two guys she pursued relationships with and didn’t even care about becuz she had her own pursuit, this movie is far more like a classic Greek myth where every single man who sees her is in love with her and becomes crazy. And the character is supposed to be naive, innocent, nice to everyone and just likes everything, not at all like Challengers
Sorrentino is as close to modern day Fellini as it gets. Challengers is hack stuff. People who are saying that just don't know what they're talking about.
This betch is the Most Average looking ... and somewhat like Zendaya.
thats why maybe
she is literally making out with two dudes
The one scene in this trailer where one guy is kissing why she plays with the other guys neck looks very similar to a shot in Challengers where they are both tryna kiss zendaya. The whole fighting over a single woman, but people have a recency bias against Challengers. Other than that this movie seems totally different.
Reminds me of MALENA, where in a small town in Italy during WWII, every man is in love with Monica Bellucci's character, while all the women where envious of her.
Its always sunny in Italy.
Stunning cinematography. Reminds me of 60s
its from the last century for sure. maybe even millenium. or dark age.
Love that line: "Because I don't want to steal one minute of your youth from you"
Yes! Beautiful ❤
So agree! Was just about to write that in my own comment. This is what it is for an older man to illustrate what nobility he has.
Delivery could have been better, where’s smooth Oldman? That was a geezer
@blackwaterpictures876I think he’s supposed to be playing a down on his luck older man, not a smooth operator
@Soul_undergroundyup a washed up drunken writer
Rochelle, Rochelle
top comment
A young woman's esoteric journey from Mulan to Mank
You know, men can sit through the most pointless boring movie if there's even the slightest possibility that a woman will take her top off
@ToadHallRecords Erotic journey + Mulan to Minsk
@ToadHallRecords Erotic journey... you blew it.
Since Gary Oldman said he’s retiring I’m curious if this is one of his last films.
I would imagine it is…if he’s retiring…
I'm pretty sure I also just read something saying he'll play Jackson Lamb as long as Apple are making Slow Horses. So.. who knows when he'll retire.
@md12962haha exactly. What an utterly bizarre comment.
Nah, he saw how beautiful this woman is and came out of retirement.
Every single one of his films is necessarily one of his last films.
look at where both the most replayed parts are
men of culture we meet again
lol not surprising.
I'll watch anything with Gary Oldman in it. At least once!
yes plz for gary oldman
Emphasis on "Oldman" ...
@LighthouseJayeblink of an eye you’re an old man too
More weird, degenerate, foreign, subversive, divisive, harmful messaging and propaganda.
Cinematography though 👏👏
My dumbass thought the title was a play between PARTHENON and the word NOPE so I thought it will be a Greek comedy 😂
I thought it was a Greek horror movie directed by Jordan Peele. 🤔
I had the same thought 😅 🤦♂️
We all did.
same!
It's NOPE set in Athens. She's an alien. Iordanis Pylios is directing.
I thought this was a time travelling Ferris Bueller sequel. Parthenope looks just like Mia Sara.
Trio Ternura in the soundtrack, exquisite choice!
As a brazilian, it felt heart warming to hear it.
I am guessing this doesn't pass the Bechdel Test
I want to type a witty reply but I'm laughing too hard to do so 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ridicula
Yep, it pass the Bechdel Test
@alessiogori7471 chitón payasa
Exactly
A24 has been pumping out movies left and right........IM HERE FOR IT!!
they're a distributor dude. they probably acquired this for north american distribution at cannes
@transcendcapitalism Finally ! I see someone else who understands they simply DISTRIBUTE the films !
I agree so far it’s been giving us some decent original content
mainly left
Why every frame looks like a stunningly good photograph?
because it's an A24 film
@katrina639 Wrong. Because it's a Paulo Sorrentino film.
@katrina639came here to say this
Because of the great cinematography 🤩
To cover for plot.
The song in the background is amazingly good
Who is the composer ?
Even though it’s a A24 advertisement, this feels like as if it’s perfect instagram advertisement to follow her on instagram. Because i’m sold.
Something about this gives me vibes to “And God Created Woman” with Brigitte Bardot. Definitely liking this
I guess I agree only God could create Bardot.
I agree also It reminds me of " Malena" with Monica Bellucci
I thought the exact same thing!
I thought that watching the trailer, it’s like the Brunette / Greece version instead of the Blonde / France lol
I look at a movie like this and I don’t think for one second that Gary Oldman is the most random one in the cast but here we are😅
Gary Oldman jumpscare
I wish i could watch a24 mobies everyday forever
Un capolavoro.
Un capolavoro di metafore , di immagini, di simbologie , di scorci e atmosfere, di vite e di morte.
Un parallelismo tra la vita di questa splendida donna , Parthenope e la Napoli con le sue contraddizioni, colori, voci di "criature", di paure e miserie ...insomma come la più bella canzone di Pino Daniele.
Un film , a mio avviso , stupendo.
I thought this stopped being a genre of movie 20 years ago
“Hot woman in town” is Italys weirdest genre for sure.
@imjulesgabriel It's like she's the only beautiful woman in the Italian coastal town.
Sadly, progress comes slowly here in Italy. Sorrentino probably thinks he's so innovative because for once he's got a female protagonist
i dont care. It's refreshing to see cinema that's not American and fucked up. Why should classics be considered out of style/time huh?
@aris9560I agree
Simp: the movie
Rejection is tough. Therapy helps
@pabloroblesgil1 You are real mad. 😂😂😂
lmaoo
Nailed it.
Get out of your basement and lose your virginity. Who knows - you may even enjoy it!
So this is what Jackson Lamb got up to in Italy then😀
Weirdly, they kept the farting for this. He's standing in a church with soft morning light filtering through the stained glass, and says something about how beauty is timeless and has value in and of itself, and then farts loudly. I guess the director was making a statement about the human condition.
Love slow paced movies with emphasis of the effects of what time ,tragedies and choices of an individual affects her , in this particular occasion , for the rest of her life .
Beautiful cinematography and soundtrack as always ❤
Sorrentino!
this is like a high budget version of SNL's Danielle
😅 yes!!!!
Most incredible comment lmao
💯😄
Hahaha yes
She looks like Mia Sara
Mia recently came out of retirement to star in Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck w/ Tom Hiddleston.
This movie is nuts. I sat through it. It has some Italian magic to it. And obviously a beautiful main actress.
That music sounds like Francois Hardy's C'est la temps de Amour a little bit.
so the idea is she's..... pretty? And that's the film? Am I missing something?
the incest (that the trailer conveniently doesn't show)
its just rubish movie covered in gold :D
I hope you noticed that this is a trailer. Designed to do nothing more than catch your attention.
@ludwigfeuerbach the only thing that caught my attention was the pretty woman in it :D
@ludwigfeuerbachwell it failed even at that, and judging from the trailer it feels like the rest of the movie is the same
Malena vibes
true!
Background soundtrack is outstandig .
What's nice is that she has a charm to go with her looks.
A24 is saving cinema from a slow death.
You say that, but Heretic was absolute dog shit
no production company is safe from making stinkers.
@devindailey598right, I fear A24 is gonna dissolve into Netflix Studios status eventually
Hell nooo... That's Film4 or Neon
Shudder is saving Hollywood one movie at a time.
The concept is familiar but the dialog is aces, I'm sold.
I wonder when I’ll finally stop anticipating a horror element in every trailer released by A24. I sit there with abated breath thinking, oh my, the shit’s ‘bout to hit… then it don’t hit, lol!
Haha same I thought they only make horror movies
They didn't make this. They're the distributor for North America
PLOT TWIST: The protagonist ends up actually being a siren like the mythical Greek character of the same name 😂
Sorrentino and A24, yes please!
I love the quotes in Sorrentino's projects. I definitely will be watching Parthenope. 'Cause I also love Gary Oldman. ❤
challengers + call me by your name
Challengers 2
Basically
Damn right
That's hilarious😂😂😂😂
No bro it's original challengers
"Challengers, but good."
For a minute I thought this was one of those AI generated trailers like that "Harry Potter but in Italy" video 😅
HERMOSA PELICULA!!!
Gary developing shades of the Count.
well, she reminds me of jane march a lot and i love jane march.💗
she has some of march's vibe and has some parts of her appearance.
and march has a movie called 'the lover (1992)'.
the parallels are brightly matched.👍
i see that. underappreciated comment
Christ! The A24 logo sitting on the water's horizon at the 0:06 mark is the kind of design effort you almost don't notice. Pristine.
Great call out. That was beautifully done.
?? thats extremely basic, glaze a24 but not for that lmfao
@9mezzo I wonder how that was the meaning you chose to read into that and why you even felt infuriated enough to drop the comment.
@jerryayashar the feeling isnt infuriation
We can be friends now.
Step into a stunning, mesmerizing, intoxicating and beautiful world.❤
Should’ve been a photography book I think
Exquisito
"Because I don't want to steal one minute of your youth from you".... Absolutely profound. If you're young and beautiful, and trust me, you are all beautiful, live every single moment to it's absolute fullest. Dwell not, live, dance. Tomorrow becomes today, with maddening haste.
beautifully said
You don`t need to be young to do these things. I know people in their 60s who enjoy every minute of their lives. Perhaps more as they are retired and have all the time in the world to enjoy this amazing life and planet. Health and a positive outlook on life is all you need to live life to it`s fullest.
Damn I’m screenshotting this so I can look back on this, I’m only 18 turning 19 soon, this will be a good reminder for things in life, so thank you ❤️🫶
@charliecheadle9154 that's a beautiful age - all the happiness in the world for you 🎉
Don't wann waste a minute of my youth on this movie.
Go watch some Marvel stuff bro.
ok, see you back here when you're an old man
good riddance
Timothée Chalamet Would've Gone bonkers in this if he was casted
Googled Parthenope to find the menu / opening times in a local restaurant and this trailer came up and at first I 'm thinking, this looks a bit 'B movie' then up pops the Legend Oldman, now I have to watch it! (turns out my local restaurant is spelled Partenopei - everyday's a school day 😉)
10/10 for the music 🔥
Frances Parthenope Nightingale was the older sister of Florence. She was born in Naples, suggesting that their parents were well read enough to know of the legendary Parthenope, one of the Sirens encountered by Odysseus.
I never knew Florence Nightingale had a sister.
They called both their daughters like Italian cities? Nice.
Trailer reminds me of "Stealing Beauty"
That’s what I see also.
She looks like marisa tomei! gorgeous gorgeous
Finally an A24 movie that looks like a high quality crystal clear picture movie
It's like Italian 'Challengers'
Anyone else think the scene at 0:28 with the girl dancing at the club and two guys watching is a reference to the movie Layer Cake (Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller)?
It reminds me of a movie called Malena that came out in the 2000s
One of the most cultured and based movies of the time.
Problematic too@VGMR
@captain4595 There's an avalanche of foreign films that certain audiences, particularly in America, would find "problematic" even if they're literally advertised as erotic.
But I refuse to deny its existence from Monica Bellucci's filmography because it's untraditional and raw enough to offend certain people.
A24 never stops cookin
Ffs, you A24 simps are cringy asf.
@NoirFan84 Stay mad hater A24 is creating quality and becoming one of the most popular prestige studios people with taste love good cinema.
@MillennialEuropean Pretentious kids who could tell you very little about the history of arthouse cinema who are overdoing the praise because they think it makes them part of the "cool kids". 😂😂 And I don't hate them in the slightest, I just find this constant drooling over them as though everything that comes out with their name on it is the greatest thing in cinema embarrassing. Ridiculous.
@Elatenl Hmmm. Not exactly the truth that, is it? We know my words hurt you though, I see through all you cringy A24 kids.
@Elatenl They're the facts as I see them. Deal with it. And this being my 20th comment overall on this channel doesn't shout 'obsessed', but whatever helps you.
can't wait ...
I haven't seen this yet, but I'm already thinking it might become my favorite film of 2024.
Looks beautiful, but I hope it has more meaning than "young beautiful woman are hot and doing hot things". I am bored by glorification of youth in women.
it doesn't. And it's actually much worse on this regard
@SR-kh6yq cry me a river
@theGreatDanger who's crying? It's just a bad movie, what's to cry about
@SR-kh6yq it's a bad movie for a -5 iq, marvel movies are more suitable for you
@SR-kh6yq it's a bad movie for someone who has no idea what real cinema even is, to begin with
Hm. Interesting
There's so many women like her in italy. I don't think rhese men should be crying
This reminds me of the classic movies kinda like “Malèna 2000 film
🤩
Rotten Tomatoes score: 33%
In the festival bubble they be hatin’, if they even condescended to watch the film. There’s a weird bias against Sorrentino.
@lorcan545or maybe “young women explores sensuality” is a played out theme. Cinematography looks decent.
@lorcan545dude this trailer looks boring af this is made for people who think buying $12 water makes them better than everyone lol
@Soul_underground or maybe you don't even know what the movie is about lol
@Soul_underground doesn't mean something cannot be good, just because it's played out theme.
They made a movie about Simps.
And 304's😮😮😮
I am gay but some women still turn me straight sometimes, women and their bodies are magical!
Absolutely based
The straight in you yearns for freedom
Maybe you are not gay then after all
Everyone freaking out over the 7/10, wild
Che a coppia Sorrentino e Celeste della Porta❤
the plot sounds horrible but man does the filmography look exquisite or what
Wow what a trailer, absolutely beautiful shots and music
This seems very oddly similar to Challengers but if it's well made enough I literally don't care - must watch!!
you see one chick with two guys and it's challengers to you ? God people are so dumb these days !
Alr think I finally found a song cut fault here 1:20
Been looking for one for a while?
😂😂😂
Or a midroll asynchronous beat
What do you mean
A Gira - Trio Ternura
*whispers*
Bentley.
Purchased/Watched this movie.
Very beautiful movie.
Grazie
sunglass brand in first scene> @00:11
Persol, very famous brand
Yes, Steve McQueens famous go to.
That was one of the most boring trailers I ever sat through. Come on A24 yall better then this.
go watch avengers, kid, this kind of cinema is for grownups
@theGreatDanger grownups my ass, A24 coud do better!
@IoveIie what does a24 have to do with it, exactly? do you even know what you're talking about?
@ they made the movie intelligent grownup.
@ they didn't make anything genius, this is a french-italian production... A24 acquired the distribution rights.... as expected, you're clueless AF
Parthenope in Greek means virgin!
yes but if you believe any woman looking like that is a virgin then you dont understand the greeks
More like, the virgin's gaze.
Oh, to be a beautiful woman🥹
This looks like Italian Challengers
L'ho visto 4 volte al cinema e ogni volta l'ho amato di più. Va assaporata ogni immagine, ogni scena. Da italiano sono fero di Paolo Sorrentino, uno dei piu grandi registi viventi. Non dimentichiamo che le sceneggiagure sono sempre sue: è un grande autore.
Mamma mia, io l'ho trovato orrendo, stucchevole e ipercompiaciuto. Che bello che abbiamo tutti dei gusti diversi!
No lo sé si a mí me gustará, pero no importa. Sorrentino es de los más grandes! Después de La Gran Belleza y La Juventud ya no hace falta más nada. Es genial!! ❤👏
Seen in Cannes and it's just as beautiful as you think
What’s the conceit of this film? Just a beautiful woman who causes a ruckus? Cinematography looks nice but plot seems brain dead.
Looks like the one big celebration of woman´s beauty and I am here for it 😍
@jaredplantulli4288 Pretty much, let's say the scenario is secondary but the images are goregous. It's a love letter to Napoli (just like his last movie Hand of God) and to women more generaly. It's classy & sexy, with one of the prettiest image i've seen this year.
@Wawawawaw22 so pretty but not much depth? Garnered that from the trailer.
@ well its still top 10 of the year bro go see that movie