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Is she a mermaid or a myth?
Partenope is a woman named after her city. In Greek myth, Partenope is a mermaid who committed suicide after failing to cast a spell on Odysseus.
In the film, Partenope is the embodiment of the city of Naples
Her body was washed up on the site where Castel dell’Ovo is now built, and she gave her name to the city that would later become Neapolis, Naples. Heat Written by Peter Gregson Starring Peter Gregson, Warren Zielinski, Magdalena Filipczak, Laurie Anderson, Ashok Klouda.
Dreamy, refined, sublime
Sorrentino creates a work of art worthy of its name and a style that belongs only to him. Sorrentino offers us a return to Italian auteur cinema.
Beautiful Naples, almost painted, but also raw, empty, poor and unhappy
Moments of silence, guided by gazes typical of Antonioni, a metaphorical and pressing sensuality in the style of Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris, a sense of mystery, darkness and suspense typical of Tornatore. In this film, Naples is for Sorrentino what Rome was for Fellini, presenting the capital as a synecdoche of national ideals and values, but also a city of power and great cultural, social and political influence.
Thank you Sorrentino ❤
Thanks to Partenope, Italian cinema woke up from the numbness of banality and commercialism.
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