Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ to Open Venice Film Festival
- Paolo Sorrentino's latest film, La Grazia, will open the 82nd Venice Film Festival with its world premiere on August 27 in Sala Grande.
- Sorrentino returns to Venice in competition after four years, following The Hand of God which won the Silver Lion in 2021 and consolidated his relationship with the festival.
- La Grazia features Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti, marking the seventh time Sorrentino has worked with Servillo. The film is a Fremantle production involving The Apartment, Numero 10, and PiperFilm, which is responsible for its distribution within Italy.
- Artistic director Alberto Barbera praised La Grazia as a uniquely original film with significant importance and impact for contemporary audiences.
- Its opening at Venice highlights Sorrentino’s continued prominence, while the festival will also feature Alexander Payne as jury president and honorary Golden Lions for Kim Novak and Werner Herzog.
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Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ to Open 2025 Venice Film Festival
One of the first major dominoes of the autumn festival season has fallen, as the Venice International Film Festival has announced Paolo Sorrentino’s new film “La Grazia” as its opening night selection. Plot details have been kept under wraps, but the film stars Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti and is written and directed by Sorrentino. Sorrentino has been a Venice regular for years, debuting projects like the 2021 film “The Hand of God” and TV sh…
Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ to open Venice Film Festival
(Reuters) -Oscar-winning Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino will open this year’s Venice Film Festival with his new movie “La Grazia”, organisers said on Friday. Sorrentino, 55, is known for films such as “Il Divo”, “The Great Beauty” and “The Hand of God”, a deeply personal movie about losing his parents as a teenager, which took the runner-up Grand Jury Prize at the 2021 festival. “La Grazia” (“Grace”), which Sorrentino also wrote, will screen…


Paolo Sorrentino's 'La Grazia' to open 82nd Venice Film Festival
The screening of the film on 27 August. Protagonists Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti
Described as "a history of love past in Italy", the new film of Sorrentino intends to leave its mark by "great originality and powerful relevance for the present time".
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