Priscilla

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.

I was moved by Priscilla Presley’s memoir of her experience as a young woman at Graceland and have tried to capture what it felt like for her going into Elvis’ world and finally emerging to find her own life. It’s important to me as an artist to show the world through my character’s eyes without judgement. I’ve always been interested in ideas of identity, agency, and transformation. This movie examines how Priscilla becomes who she is and what womanhood means to her and the generation after her. She experiences so many of the same things that all young women experience on their journey into adulthood, but in such a grand and unusual environment. Priscilla’s story is both unique and incredibly relatable.

PRODUCTION 1: Lorenzo Mieli - The Apartment Pictures
Via Nicotera, 29
00195 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0608240212
infota@theapartment.it
http://www.theapartment.it

PRODUCTION 2: American Zoetrope
916, Kearny Street
CA 94133 – San Francisco, United States of America
Tel. +1 4157887500
http://www.zoetrope.com

WORLD SALES: Lorenzo Mieli - The Apartment Pictures
Via Nicotera, 29
00195 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0608240212
infota@theapartment.it
http://www.theapartment.it

ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Laura Mirabella – Vision Distribution
Via Po, 12
00198 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0699585100
laura.mirabella@theapartment.it

PRESS OFFICE: Matthew Sanders – Fremantle
1, Stephen Street
W1T 1AL – London, United Kingdom
matthew.sanders@fremantle.com

ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Marinella Di Rosa – Vision Distribution
Tel. +39 3357612295
marinella.dirosa@visiondistribution.it