PRISCILLA

When schoolgirl Priscilla Beaulieu meets rock’n’roll superstar Elvis Presley at a party during his military service in Germany, she is immediately drawn into his private world. He needs an ally in his loneliness; she is thrilled to be the confidant of the idol of her generation. Back in America, she moves into Gracelands and sits by the phone so that Elvis can always reach her from Hollywood or wherever he is touring; meanwhile, he is sliding into his addiction to pills. Based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir, the film lifts a dark curtain on the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, fame and abuse.