Gary Oldman has been cast in Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s untitled Naples-set film.
As previously announced, the feature film revolves around a character called Partenope, who, according to Sorrentino, bears the name of her city but is neither a siren nor the mythical figure linked to the creation of Naples.
The film, which feels like a love letter from the director to Naples, captures Partenope’s journey from her birth in 1950 to the present day, accompanied by a host of other characters, against the backdrop of Sorrentino’s hometown of Naples, with its ability to fascinate and cause harm. There are no details on Oldman’s role, which follows his recent performances as British intelligence officer Jackson Lamb in Apple TV+’s Slow Horses and a brief appearance as Harry Truman in Oppenheimer.
Additional fresh additions to the cast include Nello Mascia (Nostalgia, Gomorrah) and Biagio Izzo. Previously announced cast members include Celeste Dalla Porta, Silvia Degrandi, Isabella Ferrari, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Peppe Lanzetta, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Stefania Sandrelli and Alfonso Santagata.
The film follows Sorrentino’s 2021 Oscar-nominated, deeply personal drama Hand of God and is his tenth feature film in a filmography that also includes the 2014 Oscar-winning The Great Beauty.
Shot between Naples and the island of Capri, the feature film is an Italian-French co-production, written and directed by Sorrentino. It is a Fremantle film produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company; Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, Paolo Sorrentino for Numero 10 and Ardavan Safaee for Pathé. Douglas Urbanski is the executive producer. Sales will be handled by Uta and Fremantle.
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