Just one year after the release of Baz Luhrmann’s glitzy Elvis biopic, writer and director Sofia Coppola presents another side to the story with her latest feature, Priscilla. Based upon the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, we first meet Priscilla (Cailee Spaeny) as a 14-year-old military brat living in West Germany where her stepfather is stationed in the US Navy. She’s invited to a party where she’s starstruck to meet Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) who had been drafted into the army at the peak of his fame. Before long, they start dating and go on to marry, and the film explores the overwhelming highs and lows of their fraught relationship.

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