Priscilla
Director: Sofia Coppola Run Time: 110 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ari Cohen, Cailee Spaeny, Dan Abramovici, Jacob Elordi, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.
“Coppola paints Priscilla’s world with all the attention to detail that the young girl does her fingernails. Every stroke matters and pays off, creating a glossy but not glossed-over coming-of-age tale of love, loss, and moving on.” ~ Kristy Puchko, Mashable
“Empathetic rather than judgy, Coppola’s relationship drama hands agency back to its young heroine.” ~ Philip De Semlyen, Time Out