• Comedy
• Drama

La Grazia 2025

La Grazia (meaning 'The Pardon' or 'Grace') is an Italian drama film written and directed by Academy Award-winner Paolo Sorrentino. The film centers on the fictional Italian President Mariano De Santis (Toni Servillo) in the final six months of his term. A widower, a staunch Catholic, and a highly respected jurist nicknamed "Reinforced Concrete" for his resolute nature, the President is wrestling with loneliness, the memory of his late wife, and an underlying sense of mortality. As his tenure draws to a close, he faces two profoundly difficult decisions that constitute the film's central moral dilemmas. First, he must decide whether to sign a controversial bill legalizing euthanasia, an act that deeply conflicts with his personal Catholic beliefs. Second, he must rule on two delicate requests for a presidential pardon (la grazia) for individuals convicted of murder—one for a young woman who killed her abusive husband, and another for an elderly man who killed his terminally ill wife. While grappling with these professional crises, De Santis is also haunted by a decades-old suspicion that his beloved late wife had an affair, adding a private, emotional turmoil to his public burdens. The film is a meditation on love, doubt, responsibility, the burden of power, and the intersection of law, conscience, and morality. The main cast includes Sorrentino's longtime collaborator Toni Servillo as Presidente Mariano De Santis, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for his performance. The supporting cast features Anna Ferzetti as his daughter and advisor, Dorotea De Santis, and Massimo Venturiello as Ugo Romani, the Justice Minister and a suspected former lover of the President's wife. Other notable cast members include Orlando Cinque and Milvia Marigliano. The film had its world premiere as the opening film in competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 27, 2025. It had a US and Canadian theatrical release in late 2025. Available box office data indicates a gross of approximately $17,566 (as of the search result date), suggesting it is likely an arthouse or limited release focused on festival and critical acclaim rather than wide commercial success.La Grazia is a MUBI release for worldwide rights, excluding Italy, which means it is expected to be available for streaming on the MUBI platform in territories outside of Italy. Italian distribution is handled by PiperFilm, with a scheduled Italian theatrical release date of January 15, 2026. Read More

• 2025
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