Grace

Mariano De Santis, President of the Italian Republic, stands at the twilight of his term, admired by the public yet burdened with reviewing pardon requests that awaken profound moral dilemmas—ones that echo into his own private life and confront him with seemingly impossible choices. Paolo Sorrentino, the great Italian filmmaker of our time, returns in Grace to his unmistakable voice: a cinema of exquisite control, luminous imagery, and finely tuned irony, brought to life once more through the magnetic presence of Toni Servillo, whose commanding performance earned him the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival 2025. As in Sorrentino’s finest work, the film unfolds with elegance and precision, at once contemplative and deeply human; leaving behind a quiet resonance that lingers long after the final frame.