Francis Ford Coppola Says He Is ‘More Than Proud’ of Daughter Sofia Coppola Over ‘Priscilla’ Venice Reception

Francis Ford Coppola is one proud dad.

The five-time Oscar winner, 84, shared his enthusiasm for daughter Sofia Coppola’s latest film, Priscillaon Instagram on Wednesday, following a positive reception at the Venice Film Festival on Monday.

Posting a trailer for the film, Francis wrote: “Beyond proud of my daughter @sofiacoppola and excited by the reaction to the premiere of her film @priscillamovie which received such a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival @labiennale last weekend!”

Based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and methe film — starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi as Priscilla and Elvis Presley, respectively — received a seven-minute standing ovation from the audience in Venice, Italy, according to Diversity. (The A24 film was awarded a temporary SAG-AFTRA contract in the midst of the strike since it was shot in Canada with a non-AMPTP studio.)

Video split into Twitternow known as X, the author The Hollywood ReporterAlex Ritman showed Priscilla (78) wiping tears from her eyes as the audience clapped along with Sofia (52), Spaeny (25) and Elordi (26).

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Priscilla Presley at the Venice premiere of ‘Priscilla’ with Cailee Spaeny, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi

Among the first reviews to arrive on Monday afternoon, Diversity called critic Owen Gleiberman Priscilla “penetratingly honest drama” that approaches the themes with “pedantic docudrama authenticity”.

“The book on which the new film is based was Elvis and me. But Coppola’s film is called, simply, Priscilla“, wrote Gleiberman, “and this points us to something important: that the film, although you could describe it as a love story, will not be told from a double point of view.”

Stephanie Bunbury of Deadline said: “Coppola was at her best when she observed the workings of fame, fortune and excess, not trying to cast or accuse anyone, but simply registering what she was seeing. The strength of her films is that they seem to see everything.”

Bunbury added that Priscilla is “a cursed look at a man and—ultimately—marriage… Most people know the gist of the Presley story. However, told from his ex-wife’s point of view, it becomes a very different story.”

Elordi’s take on the king of rock and roll follows Austin Butler’s Oscar-nominated performance in last year’s Baz Luhrmann biopic Elvisin which Olivia DeJonge played Priscilla.

Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Coppola and Jacob Elordi on the red carpet for the film Priscilla at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2023 in Venice, Italy.

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In a clip from an interview with The Hollywood Reporter shared on Instagram, Spaeny said she felt a wide range of emotions while sitting with Presley at the world premiere.

“I think the thing that moved me the most, but also scared me, [was] watching a movie with Priscilla Presley next to me,” the actress said in the clip.

“But in the end, I think she was very moved,” Spaeny added of Priscilla’s reaction to the film. “She looked at me and said, ‘That was a great performance,’ and that was the first time I’d ever heard that, which was — it was absolutely surreal.”

At the press conference for the film, Spaeny — otherwise known for his roles in 2018 Based on gender and HBO’s 2021 miniseries Mare of Easttown — she said that she felt that Priscilla was her main support during the filming of the film.

“It was very scary, but I was very lucky to have some time with Priscilla and she was generous with her time,” she said when asked how she and Elordi prepared. “She was very kind to me and supported me and I think without that it would have been much more difficult for me. That was my main source and obviously the book, but I was very lucky that the person I played was also very supportive.”

Priscilla it’s in theaters on October 27.

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