‘Priscilla’
Manager: Sofia Coppola
Artists: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Emily Mitchell, Ari Cohen
Drama
Year: 2024
Premiere: 02/13/24
★★★★★
Since her debut with ‘The Virgin Suicides’ (1999), Sofia Coppola has written some of the best female characters of recent years.. He didn’t just write these. With the dedication of great actors, he represented them with an elusive blend of wisdom and compassion. He created characters of different ages, but it is true that he is often mentioned above all for the way he portrays adolescence. This happens for two reasons. One of these is the importance of ‘The Virgin Suicides’ and ‘Marie Antoinette’ (2006), which specifically touch on that period. Another is that, regardless of the age of the heroes we encounter, that vital period is reflected as a painful scene that leaves its mark on their filmography.
Based on the memoirs of Priscilla Presley, ‘Priscilla’ covers several years of the heroine’s life. But there’s this in his portrait of adolescence, in understanding Priscilla, who was 16 when he fell in love. Elvis (He was 26), Coppola shines again. Performing an intense staging exercise with enclosed spaces (houses, bedrooms) and objects (decoration, dresses, gifts) as the protagonist’s prison and solace, the filmmaker captures, with surprising clarity and subtlety, an adolescence filled with curiosity, kidnapped by the other. desire and one’s own identity come to a terrible halt. The film features Cailee Spaeny’s outstanding performance and photography by Philippe Le Sourd; This gives the film a ghostly quality. It underscores Priscilla’s sense of unreality and the efforts of Elvis and his circle to turn her into a beautiful ghost.