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La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Gets His Groove Back with a Compelling Political Drama

The film portrays an Italian president's final months as he weighs pardons for complex cases and an assisted-dying bill, exploring themes of mercy and political legacy.

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Toni Servillo impresses as an Italian president facing ethical and political crises

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Frankfurter AllgemeineFrankfurter Allgemeine
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What's Sorrentino's New Movie "La Grazia"?

A president who listens to gangster rap and visits convicted murderers in prison can only be a cinema character. Paolo Sorrentino has made it up: "La Grazia is one of his best films.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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Zeit OnlineZeit Online
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"La Grazia": when the President Ponders and the Pope Drives Vespa

Director Paolo Sorrentino has made a poetic film that really seems to be invented: in it, a sensible politician seriously struggles with moral questions.

·Germany
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Irish TimesIrish Times
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La Grazia review: Paolo Sorrentino gets his groove back with a compelling political drama

Toni Servillo impresses as an Italian president facing ethical and political crises

·Dublin, Ireland
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Irish IndependentIrish Independent
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La Grazia review: Sorrentino and Servillo serve up another delicious Italian feast

Find someone who looks at you the way ­Paolo ­Sorrentino’s camera looks at Toni Servillo.

·Ireland
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The Canberra TimesThe Canberra Times
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La Grazia: politics meets playfulness with a fictional president you feel for

Acclaimed director Paolo Sorrentino's La Grazia blends humour with drama inside Italy's presidential palace. See how compassion meets strict law.

·Canberra, Australia
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Film review: La Grazia

“WHO owns our days?” is a question that the film La Grazia (Cert. 12A) poses. It is the latest attempt by the writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, through his protagonist, President Mariano De Santis of Italy (Toni Servillo), to scale what he calls t...

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The Canberra Times broke the news in Canberra, Australia on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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