Parthenope

Parthenope

Is she a siren or a myth?

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino

Produced by The Apartment Pictures, Pathé

2024137 min6.7 / 10

A dreamlike, mythologically-inflected portrait of a mysterious woman born from the sea, exploring beauty, desire, and the cost of enigma through an ambiguous lens that blurs siren legend with lived experience.

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.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Parthenope one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 95% of films.

  • Is Parthenope sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Parthenope violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Parthenope end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Parthenope easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Parthenope scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise35

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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