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Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ to Open Venice Film Festival
- Paolo Sorrentino will open the 82nd Venice Film Festival on August 27, 2025, with his new film La Grazia at the Lido in Venice.
- Sorrentino's return to Venice follows his 2021 Silver Lion-winning film The Hand of God, continuing his long-standing relationship with the festival since his 2001 debut.
- La Grazia, starring longtime collaborator Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti, will premiere in competition at the Sala Grande, but plot details remain largely undisclosed.
- Festival director Alberto Barbera praised La Grazia for its originality and said it has powerful contemporary relevance and is "destined to leave its mark."
- The film’s premiere marks a significant milestone in Sorrentino's career, and its international sales are managed by The Match Factory, with MUBI holding worldwide rights except in Italy.
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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…
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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".
The film 'La Grazia', written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, will open the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.
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