In Venice in the 80s, Sofia Coppola’s new film Priscilla, taken from Elvis and Me, the memoir of the widow of the king of rock and roll, was waiting.
The story of Priscilla, blessed with tears, by Elvis’ own wife, captivated the film festival and the very woman who, from the age of fourteen and throughout her life, loved one of the greatest myths in American history. The film, which afterElvis Baz Luhrmann is back to tell us about Presley, but from a new angle.
Sofia Coppola, born in New York in May 1971, the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola (born in 1939), has lived in the atmosphere of cinema since childhood. When she was one year old, her father gave her to the cast Godfather (1972), and will also appear in subsequent The Godfather – Part Two (1974) The Godfather – Part Three(1990).
Working as a screenwriter and costume designer, fashion designer, TV presenter and photographer, she made her directorial debut with a short film. lick a star (1998). The following year, he receives success with the public and critics with Garden of the Virgins suicide (1999), played by James Woods, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, which they follow to further emphasize his original personality, on the line of malaise and anxiety. Lost in translation(2003) – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay – with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson and Marie Antoinette (2006), with Kirsten Dunst, a historical film revisited in a modern and irreverent way.
In 2010, it received the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. Somewhere. In 2013, he writes, directs and produces. Chic Rings and four years later Deception(2017) – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director based on the novel of the same name by Thomas P. Cullinan and already brought to the cinema by Don Siegel with good night soldier Jonathan (1971) by Don Siegel with Clint Eastwood played by Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell.
In 2016 he made his debut in theater directing at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi.