Original title: Paolo Sorrentino’s Buzzy Drama ‘La Grazia’ Gets U.S. Release Date
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia, widely hailed as a return to form for the 2013 Oscar winner, has locked down its theatrical release date in North American cinemas. Mubi will open La Grazia in theaters on Dec. 5, teeing up a potential Oscars campaign for its inimitable Italian star, Toni Servillo. La Grazia opened the 82nd Venice Film Festival last week and was greeted with mostly rave reviews, including from The Hollywood Reporter. “By the director’s standards, this is a sober and distinctly mature film, centered by the unwavering composure of Servillo’s [character] De Santis,” wrote THR’s chief critic, David Rooney. “But it’s not without the customary creative arias, the witty humor and visual delights that have distinguished Sorrentino’s best work.” Heaping praise on Servillo’s performance, Rooney summed up his take, writing: “The alchemical ideal in actor-director collaborations.” A political drama of the most introspective kind, La Grazia (which means “Grace” in Ital