The Grace - The Invisible Weight of Power in 4K

During the "white semester" of his term, President of the Republic Mariano De Santis is trapped in a moral crisis that seems impossible to resolve. A Catholic, a progressive, and deeply committed to institutions, he must face some of the most delicate decisions of his political career: granting clemency to two individuals convicted of murder, whose cases present controversial mitigating circumstances, and enacting a law intended to legalize euthanasia in Italy.

Unable to find a definitive answer on a human, legal, or religious level, De Santis continually postpones every choice, asking for more time to reflect while political, media, and personal pressures grow around him. Paolo Sorrentino thus constructs the portrait of a man worn down by the weight of his responsibilities, suspended between private conscience and public duty.

When Doubt Becomes a Sentence

More than a traditional political film, The Grace becomes a journey into the solitude of power, where every decision seems inevitably destined to leave a wound. Servillo delivers one of the most controlled and painful performances of his recent career. He almost never raises his voice, yet every glance communicates weariness, fear, and lucidity. Around him moves a world of advisors, official meetings, and suspended dialogues, where no one truly seems to have an answer.

The direction deliberately foregoes baroque excesses to enclose the protagonist within enormous, cold environments, transforming institutional palaces and corridors into almost oppressive spaces. Even the irony, present in small details and surreal situations, always has a bitter and melancholic tone. The Grace is probably one of Sorrentino's most mature films: less showy, more essential, but capable of leaving an authentic sense of unease.

Shot natively digital at 4.5K resolution and a 4K master used for the encoding of this excellent UHD edition: original image format 2.39:1 (3840 x 2160/24p), HEVC encoding on a BD-66 dual-layer disc. Compared to the 2K edition, there is further refinement in details, even in the background, closer to the colors and scene lighting due to the lower dynamic compression of lights via HDR-10.

Chromatic richness, deep blacks, and overall a spectacle that stands out even more on native 10-bit screens, as in the case of the Panasonic Z85 55" used for viewing. Half a step below the 2K/SDR version on BD-50 dual-layer included in this amaray edition with a cardboard O-Card slipcover.

The Grace - 4K Eagle Pictures Edition with O-Card

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The DTS-HD MA 5.1 channel track (16 bit) delivers rich and charismatic dialogue from the center, full of nuances in the conversations, enveloping musical accompaniment, and echo with ambience elements from the rear channels. For a taste of the quality, the first moments of the prologue with the shots of the Frecce Tricolori are enough. A dialogue-centric work that makes use of silences and yet is capable of enhancing even the most infinitesimal element supporting the soundtrack. PCM 2.0 track with audio descriptive for the visually impaired. 

As an extra, a behind-the-scenes featurette on the BD-50 with production footage (8'). Limited edition with 1,000 numbered copies.