Parthenope: A New Milestone

Parthenope has been a success. Yet another for Paolo Sorrentino, who, after the nominations at the David di Donatello 2025, continues to establish himself as one of the greatest contemporary Italian directors. Leaving a mark on the film is definitely Peppe Lanzetta, who plays Cardinal Tesorone, one of the men the protagonist interacts with during her life journey. The actor, for the role, has earned a nomination for the David 2025, adding to the already enormous number of nominations garnered by the film. On Saturday, April 3, he will be a guest of Nunzia De Girolamo on the late-night show 'Ciao Maschio' on Rai 1. Peppe Lanzetta, tales of desperate vitality. One of the immediate questions posed by De Girolamo concerns the possibility of winning the statuette. What emerges from Lanzetta's response is the enormous awareness of how success and artistic consciousness only arrive at a more mature age. 'I am very happy because already when I was 20-25 years old, I understood that certain things would be recognized when I was older. I don't know why, maybe because I was irreverent, maybe because they thought I was scary, but in reality, those who were scary were the ones pulling the strings. Now that I am more harmless, this thing with Paolo has been wonderful because he really guided me with great mastery, he was a travel companion, an excellent director, and this character, how to say, between the seducer, where there is all this lived life, he was able to embrace it and therefore made me interpret it with real joy. In reality, I thank all those who called me on the street, who phoned me, it was a wonderful thing. And then something wonderful also happened in Cannes. At a certain point, Sting came to me: I was born in Piscinola, on the outskirts of Naples, Sting came and hugged me. What more could I want from life?' Lanzetta recounted.