"The Grace" The Grace – The wonderful new film by Italian maestro Paolo Sorrentino, winner of the Best Actor award and 6 other awards at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Will close the Haifa International Film Festival.
Mariano De Santis is the President of the Italian Republic – a completely fictional character, a Catholic widower and father to Dorothea, a young jurist who follows in his footsteps. His term is coming to an end after years of relative quiet, but just then two particularly sensitive pardon requests land on his desk, which turn into real moral dilemmas. These dilemmas are surprisingly intertwined with his personal life, and confront him with seemingly impossible decisions. What is the right thing to do? After all, how will he be remembered in the pages of history?
"The Grace" is the new film by Paolo Sorrentino, certainly the most beloved and influential Italian director today, who is responsible for such breathtaking masterpieces as "Forever Beautiful" and "Youth." Here too, he brings a beautiful and breathtaking drama, in which every frame is a work of art.
The film premiered in the official competition in Venice, where Tony Servillo, who plays De Santis, won the Best Actor award.
The film is screened courtesy of Lev Cinemas.
The Haifa International Film Festival is held with the support of the Israel Film Council - the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Regional Cooperation and the Municipality of Haifa.
The festival is produced by Atos - the Society for Arts, Culture and Sports Haifa.
Artistic director - Yaron Shamir
I saw the movie. It was a terrible bore. Without a real plot. It's not clear how this terrible bore received any award.
Great movie, left me with a lot to think about... I definitely recommend watching it.