Parthenope - by Paolo Sorrentino

Of course, when you interpret a movie, you express a personal point of view—in other words, what the movie evokes in you.

After watching Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino, it wasn’t the running of time (the most discussed theme of the film) that struck me. Instead, it was the monster that everyone—Parthenope, the main character—carries within that felt like the film’s most powerful message.

The attraction that everyone (Parthenope) can feel when encountering the Monstrous, the Abnormal, the Ugly, Sin, or even Evil—and deciding to follow it, to experience its savour and pleasure—this, to me, is the movie’s underlying message.

Parthenope is an epic character who journeys through this world (Naples), devoid of these facets because she must experience and understand them. She has no moral restrictions, of course, to prevent her from embracing the pleasure she derives from them.

In my opinion, Parthenope is a Bildungsroman that Sorrentino has masterfully crafted—a Bildungsroman set in Naples.

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