Parthenope

Along the lines of the legendary beauty Aphrodite, “Parthenope” (Celeste Dalla Porta) was born in the sea and grew to become a great temptress to both of her male contemporaries. The first being her obsessed brother “Raimondo” (Daniele Rienzo) and the other her adoring childhood friend “Sandrino” (Dario Aita) whose unrequited love for her drove him to distraction. Not, however, to such distraction as that of her sibling, It’s when the trio decide to head for an unfunded trip from their home in Naples to the nearby island of Capri that she meets elderly American writer/dipso “Ch...