(2023, USA, Italia, 110')
Born in 1945, Priscilla Ann Wagner Beaulieu was only fourteen when she captured the attention of Elvis Presley, at the time twenty-four and already a celebrity, during his military service in Germany. The two married on May 1, 1967, and had one daughter, Lisa Marie, before separating in 1973. Elvis would die four years later. Building upon Priscilla’s detailed memoir of 1985, Elvis and Me, Sofia Coppola tells the story of the tormented love story between the King and this young woman who found herself in Graceland and in a world where everything was bigger than she could ever imagine. A veritable Marie Antoinette of the 1960s. Through the eyes of the protagonist, the film shows a less known side of one of the greatest pop icons of all time.
One of the most innovative and influential voices in international cinema, Sofia Coppola kept the spirit of 1970 New Hollywood alive while developing a very original, personal, and deeply feminine style of her own. Her debut feature came out in 1999—The Virgin Suicides, a film that will enthuse both audiences and critics. It is with Lost in Translation, presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2003, that Coppola earns her first Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. Films that explore interpersonal dynamics and the emotional nuances of their protagonists follow: Marie Antoinette (2006), Somewhere (the 2010 Golden Lion), The Bling Ring (2013), A Very Murray Christmas (2015), The Beguiled (2017, Best Direction at Cannes). A private person who was never too fond of social media, she started an Instagram account during the filming of Priscilla to open a window on her creative process.
