La Grazia

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Tushar G Jan 7 what a perfect movie See more Lucia Jan 5 Anyone who appreciates the storytelling style of Paolo Sorrentino and his collaborative process with Toni Servillo will want to see this film — another fresh take on self reflection, lifes meaning, the importance of whats true or not true, and the impact of the choices we make. I was captivated for the entire 2 hrs and 11 minutes. See more Ralph B @Rebell50 2d So much philosophy annd so much style. Deeply thought provoking and moving around the thorny contempory issues. See more Alec B @Alec97 Feb 27 Definitely one of the better movies about a man who seems incapable of making decisions. Wisdom may come with age but sometimes weighing all those options can paralyze you. Maybe then you try to pick grace over everything else. Its strangely beguiling work and one worth revisiting. See more Unique C. @uniquecliches Feb 20 A movie that probably needs more than one watch to be fully appreciated — the superfluous will probably fall away with each viewing. It’s a bit long and could surely have been edited into something tighter. At times it reads like a poem; at others, it feels almost banal and prosaic. But all in all, it has moments that promise to linger with us. A president nearing the end of his tenure must decide on whether to grant pardons in cases where partners killed their spouses, and also whether to sign a law concerning euthanasia. All the while, he struggles with memories of past lovers and a complicated family dynamic. Who owns our days? And can we learn to dream again? See more Lorenzo G @garofalo_lor Feb 16 La Grazia is Servillo's most recent work, based on instant symbolism and seasoned with grotesque. It deals with themes that are very relevant and significant not only for the director - we know how self-referential cinema is in itself, and Sorrentino even more so - but also for people's lives, especially those of middle age and older. There are profound moments interspersed with pure grotesqueness and irony. But that's the beauty of it: having the ability to be extremely sharp in analysing and addressing feelings and sensations while taking the piss out of the viewer with almost random sequences. We move from the moral dilemma of a former Christian Democrat on euthanasia to an almost profane ridicule of the papal image; from the processing of grief to an inability to move on from a betrayal forty years earlier that makes us smile; from prison conditions to Guè's rap.I think the strength of the film lies precisely in this continuous tension between depth and lightness. See more Read all reviews

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