International correspondent

Italian distributor Piper Film, Fremantle and Pathé have released the international trailer for Paolo Sorrentino's "Parthenope" in preparation for the international rollout of the top-selling film following its premiere in May at the Cannes Film Festival.

Praised in his review by Variety critic Siddhant Adlakha as "A superb treatise on cinematic beauty," "Parthenope" is a love letter to the director's hometown of Naples. But it's also, as Sorrentino called it, a film about "missed youth" that comes as a follow-up to his autobiographical "The Hand of God."

The film's title character is a young woman born in Sorrentino's hometown of Naples – Neapolitans in Italy are also known as “Parthenopeans” – played by newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta who “delivers a mesmerizing performance,” Adlakha noted, as “a woman of such stunning beauty that people stop and stare.”