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La Grazia
La grazia
2025 133 min Italy R 18+
★7.4
Drama
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
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Description
As his tenure as President of Italy nears its end, Mariano De Santis faces wrenching decisions-both political and deeply personal. Amid these moral quandaries, he must confront his own conscience and seek guidance from those closest to him, including his confidante and daughter, Dorotea.
Budget:
$24.5M
US Gross:
$132,311
Worldwide:
$68,995
Starring
Toni Servillo
Actor
Anna Ferzetti
Actor
Orlando Cinque
Actor
Awards
Venice Film Festival 2025
— Volpi Cup – Best Actor
Venice Film Festival 2025
— Brian of Nazareth Award
Venice Film Festival 2025
— Arca CinemaGiovani Award – Best Italian Film (Youth Jury)
Venice Film Festival 2025
— Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival 2025
— Brian of Nazareth Award
Venice Film Festival 2025
— Arca CinemaGiovani Award – Best Italian Film (Youth Jury)
Key opinion
La Grazia is a character-driven political drama that uses the twilight of a presidency to explore themes of personal mercy and existential loneliness. While most critics praise Toni Servillo’s restrained performance and the film’s atmospheric visual language, some find the narrative pace too stagnant and the philosophical underpinnings overly simplistic.
| Acting | Toni Servillo delivers a masterful, understated performance that effectively communicates decades of internal compromise through silence and gesture. | |
| Production | The production design and cinematography create an evocative sense of isolation and finality, utilizing a rich autumn palette to mirror the President's internal state. | |
| Direction | The direction succeeds in presenting a mature, non-sensationalized look at political life, emphasizing the quiet, human burden of power. | |
| Pacing | The narrative oscillates between profound human exploration and tedious stagnation, leaving viewers divided on whether the slow tempo is meditative or simply boring. | |
| Theme | Thematic depth is a point of contention; some perceive the film as a therapeutic and valid examination of moral ambiguity, while others dismiss its philosophical conclusions as banal. |