GraceThe last feature film of Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, will open the Venice Film Festival.
The film features Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti with her first world projection on Wednesday August 27 at Sala Grande.
GraceWritten and produced by Sorrentino. Very little about the intrigue of the film is known, but sources close to the film told Deadline that the film follows the last days of an Italian fictitious presidency.
The feature film is a Fremantle film produced by the apartment, Numero 10, and Piperfilm, which will be distributed in Italy. Mubi has global rights, excluding Italy. The match factory manages international sales.
“I am very happy that the 82ND The Venice International Film Festival will open with the new highly anticipated film by Paolo Sorrentino, “said Venice chief Alberto Barbera in a statement, adding that Sorrentino’s career began in Venice in 2001 with the first feature film A man up.
“The relationship with the Venice Film Festival has become consolidated over the years with the presentation of the competition of the first episodes of the series The young pope (seasons one and two) and, above all, with God’s hand which, in 2021, won the price of the Silver Lion-Grand jury, “added Barbera.” The return of Paolo Sorrentino in competition is delivered with a film intended to leave its brand for its great originality and its powerful relevance for the current time, that the public of the Venice Film Festival will have the pleasure of discovering the opening evening. »»
Sorrentino’s latest feature Parthenope made his debut in Cannes in 2024. The filmmaker born in Naples wrote and made eleven other feature films, including The Great Beauty, Il Divo, The Hand of God and Loro.
More to come.
