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In 2016, he made his first TV Series: The Young Pope. In 2021, È stata la mano di Dio won the Grand Jury Prize at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. Born May 31, 1970
- January 1, 1
- 1.80 m
- Naples, Campania, Italy
- 7 Ll Divo
- 6 The Consequences of Love
- 5 This Must Be The Place
- 4 The Young Pope and The New Pope
- 3 Youth
- 2 The Hand of God
- 1 The Great Beauty
The 2008 Cannes Film Festival-winning and Oscar-nominated political drama ll Divo can be hard for non-native Italians to understand, due to its national political content, but this movie is a real masterpiece. Variety even noted that ll Divo "will become a touchstone for years to come." Paolo Sorrentino made the brave, witty, and highly stylized bi...
Sorrentino’s 2004 psychological thriller The Consequences of Love tells the story of a lonely man called Titta (played by Toni Servillo, in another of his several frequent collaborations with the director), who has been living in a hotel for eight years. His boring life changes after he develops feelings for a young barmaid. The film features the b...
This Must Be the Place stars a brilliant combination of actors, with one of the best Sean Penn movie performancesand a charming Frances McDormand, and centers on retired rock star Cheyenne, who wants to reconcile with his father. Unfortunately, he arrives too late, and sets out across America to understand his father better and find the man's torme...
Although some Catholics describe Sorrentino’s television series as caricatured and anti-religious, both critics and audiences positively received The Young Pope and its continuation The New Pope. The Observer wrote, "The Young Pope is the best, weirdest show of the decade." The two TV shows star an incredible Jude Law as the freshly elected pontiff...
The 2015 comedy-drama Youth is a philosophical and beautiful tale of loneliness, aging, and life in general. In the film, Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel portray two old best friends who contemplate their past, present, and future in a luxury Swiss hotel. Paolo Sorrentino opened up to Indie Wire about Youth, saying, "The most important theme in my ...
Paolo Sorrentino's 2021 semi-autobiographical drama The Hand of Godfollows a teenager Fabietto (played by Filippo Scotti) who becomes an adult after unexpected tragedy. The film also has a lot of joyful moments, such as beautiful scenes with family and instances with Diego Maradona, Fabietto’s idol. Sorrentino returned to Naples, his hometown, to t...
The Great Beauty won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and is definitely one of the 21st Century’s greatest film. This Paolo Sorrentino’s 2013 drama centers on a 65-year-old Jep Gambardella (played by Toni Servillo), author of one and only successful novel. After thinking about his first love, Jep begins sad reinterpretation of...
1. Parthenope (2024) 136 min | Drama, Fantasy. 6.9. Rate this. Partenope is a woman who bears the name of her city. Is she a siren or a myth? Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Gary Oldman, Stefania Sandrelli, Luisa Ranieri, Isabella Ferrari. Votes: 12. 2. My Brilliant Friend (2018– ) TV-MA | 60 min | Drama. 8.6. Rate this.
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He followed with Youth (2015), Loro (2018), and The Hand of God (2021) the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He is also known for his work on television creating and directing the HBO drama series The Young Pope (2016), and The New Pope (2019).
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1. The Great Beauty (2013) Not Rated | 141 min | Drama. 7.7. Rate. 86 Metascore. Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Mar 16, 2024 · The 10 Best Paolo Sorrentino Movies, Ranked. By Luc Haasbroek. Published Mar 16, 2024. Paolo Sorrentino is a talented Italian director and these are his best films. Image via Fandango. Writer ...
