Sofia Coppola`s Priscilla would be the Closing Night film on the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023. Written and directed by way of Coppola, Priscilla is in keeping with the 1985 memoir `Elvis and Me` written by way of Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon. The movie stars Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown, Bad Times on the El Royale) as Priscilla, Jacob Elordi (Euphoria, The Kissing Booth) as Elvis Presley, and Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession, Bottoms, The Lost Daughter).
The movie will obtain its South Asia Premiere on Friday, November 3, on the PVR Maison in BKC, following a a success World Premiere on the eightieth Venice International Film Festival, the place the movie gained a seven-minute status ovation. Cailee Spaeny was once additionally awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her portrayal of Priscilla.
The movie`s legit synopsis reads: When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a birthday party, the person who’s already a meteoric rock-and-roll famous person turns into any person fully surprising in non-public moments: an exhilarating overwhelm, an best friend in loneliness, a inclined best possible buddy. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen facet of an ideal American fantasy in Elvis and Priscilla’s lengthy courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German military base to his dream-world property at Graceland, on this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of affection, fable, and repute.
Director of Photography at the movie is Philippe Le Sourd, Costume Designer Stacey Battat, Editor Sarah Flack and Production Designer Tamara Deverell. The movie was once produced by way of Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle Company, Sofia Coppola for American Zoetrope, and Youree Henley. The movie was once financed by way of Fremantle Group.
Anu Rangachar, Head of International Programme at Jio MAMI, says, “In Priscilla, Sofia Coppola’s storytelling is bold in exploration and delicate in expression. Based on a self-expressed story of love, Cailee Spaeny, in the titular role, shines like a diamond in this nuanced tale about teenage dreams and toxic love. We are delighted to announce Priscilla as the closing film at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.”
MUBI owns all rights to Priscilla in India. Priscilla might be coming quickly to cinemas throughout India by way of MUBI in partnership with PVR Inox Pictures. Commenting at the South Asia premiere, Svetlana Naudiyal, Programming Director, Asia, MUBI stated, “We are delighted to proceed our long-standing partnership with the distinguished Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, celebrating our shared love for cinema. Through this collaboration, we’re excited to hang the South Asia premiere of Sofia Coppola`s acclaimed movie Priscilla. The name has gained fashionable reputation international and is extremely expected some of the Indian audiences.”
Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (October 27 to November 5) is again with its on-ground version after 3 years, whole with a brand new imaginative and prescient to host the arena’s greatest and maximum prestigious South Asian Film Festival.