Priscilla Presley was emotional at the 80th Venice International Film Festival press conference for Sofia Coppola‘s ‘Priscilla‘.
Presley said, “It’s very difficult to sit and watch a film about you and about your life and about your love and, sorry.” Presley added, “I think Sophia did an amazing job; she did her homework, and we spoke a couple of times, and I really put everything else aside.”
Presley emotionally shared about her relationship with Elvis, emphasizing that she never stopped loving him because he was the love of her life.
According to the film’s official synopsis from A24, 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 gentle 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.
Directed by Sofia Coppola. The film is based on the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon. The film stars Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley, Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley, Dagmara Domińczyk, Raine Monroe Boland and Emily Mitchell as Lisa Marie Presley, Jorja Cadence as Patsy Presley, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll as Alan “Hog Ears” Fortas, and, Luke Humphrey as Terry West.
Recently, Mubi has acquired the rights to film distribution rights in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America, Benelux, and Turkey. After its debut at the Venice International Film Festival in September 2023, the film will hit theaters in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Latin America, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Also, the North American premiere is scheduled for October 6, 2023, at the New York Film Festival.
