GRACE

Paolo Sorrentino has made a film about an honest politician with integrity—an almost radical gesture in these times of disillusionment with democracy. GRACE centers on Mariano De Santis, a fictional Italian president who has only a few months left in office but is still faced with a number of decisions that cause him to doubt himself behind his professional facade. A deeply human portrait of a complex man, to whom the great Toni Servillo lends a reserved dignity. Opening film of the Venice Film Festival.