The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday with Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia, preceded by a Lifetime Achievement Award for Werner Herzog accompanied by a tribute speech for the German filmmaker from from Francis Coppola.
Sorrentino’s 11th feature, La Grazia reunites the Italian director with longtime collaborator Toni Servillo, star of his 2014 Oscar-winning movie La Grande Bellezza.
The film, the storyline of which was kept under wraps until the world premiere, stars Servillo as a respected Italian president facing three key decisions – around an euthanasia bill and pardons for convicted killers – as his term in power comes to end.
Read Deadline’s review of the movie here.
“It’s a love story about family, law, high politics and taking responsibility,” Sorrentino told commentators on the red carpet as he entered the Palazzo del Cinema tonight.
Prior to the screening, Herzog received the festival’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from Coppola.
Sorrentino’s 11th feature, La Grazia reunites the Italian director with longtime collaborator Toni Servillo, star of his 2014 Oscar-winning movie La Grande Bellezza.
The film, the storyline of which was kept under wraps until the world premiere, stars Servillo as a respected Italian president facing three key decisions – around an euthanasia bill and pardons for convicted killers – as his term in power comes to end.
Read Deadline’s review of the movie here.
“It’s a love story about family, law, high politics and taking responsibility,” Sorrentino told commentators on the red carpet as he entered the Palazzo del Cinema tonight.
Prior to the screening, Herzog received the festival’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from Coppola.
- 27/08/2025
- por Melanie Goodfellow and Nada Aboul Kheir
- Deadline Film + TV
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