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Sacro GRA

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Sacro GRA

2013

1h 33m

Documentary

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22 Reviews

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After recording the lives of Varanasi boatmen of India, drop-outs in an American desert, and narcoassassins of Mexico, filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi observes the day-to-day of intriguing people who live along a highway.

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Critics Consensus

Sacro GRA makes the most of its unusual focus, proving that a documentary about the history of a road can also be powerfully human.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

A fun and insightful slice of Roman life. Next up, M25: The Movie?

Rated: 4/5

Dec 4, 2014

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Sacro GRA is the sort of beautifully observed, leisurely paced verité documentary that gets made all too rarely now.

Rated: 5/5

Nov 7, 2014

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

A rough and ready, unsanctioned tour of the Eternal City's fraying seams.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 6, 2014

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Though the film meanders a bit too long — there’s no sense of urgent necessity, and the sense of a potentially infinite film with no coherence induced minor impatience eventually — its hypnotic reverie effectively worked its charms on me.

Jan 25, 2023

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D.W. Mault

CineVue

Sacro GRA peers into a silent world and finds the unseen and unheard of its all encompassing vitality.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 3, 2019

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Ben Nicholson

CineVue

Taking in a vast and diverse range of eccentric characters, Sacro GRA amounts to little more than a collage of individual sketches that fails to ever coalesce into something greater than the sum of its parts.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 7, 2019

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filippo v

Brevi episodi di vita quotidiana che non coinvolgono come altri film dello stesso regista. Si percepisce una nuova direzione stilistica che diventerà praticamente la costante dei suoi ultimi film, un aspetto che andrà ad intaccare leggermente la spontaneità della sua messa in scena.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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antti p

Sacro GRA is a circular road going around Rome, and the documentary is about people living/working alongside it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

It doesn't show anything that was supposed to show, only normal scenes of everyday life in a normal and peaceful outskirts. Nothing interesting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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A decadent nobleman, a transvestite prostitute, a botanist on a mission to save palm trees from insect infestation, a kind-hearted paramedic. They are only four of the many colourful characters who live in the areas around Rome's famous Ring Road followed by Gianfranco Rosi in his latest work. This year's Golden Lion winner, the first documentary to win the coveted prize, Sacro GRA feels as much like a tender and heartfelt look at these everyday people as it does an enchanting portrayal of the magical side and uniqueness of these individuals. It also feels like the more realistic spin on the familiar multiple plotline structure that is prominent in fiction filmmaking but never feels as genuine and harrowing as it does in this documentary. Furthermore, its wonderful and careful photography makes it seem like a touching and entertaining narrative drama that is often at once funny and tragic - an approach that both reveals and flatters Rosi's scope of seeking and showing the beauty of the comedy and drama of everyday life.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Various examples of humanity, some characters more catchy than others, overall a long and difficult documentary process leading to an enjoyable and tender movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Roberto Giuliani

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Synopsis

After recording the lives of Varanasi boatmen of India, drop-outs in an American desert, and narcoassassins of Mexico, filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi observes the day-to-day of intriguing people who live along a highway.

Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Producer: Carole Solive, Marco Visalberghi
Screenwriter: Gianfranco Rosi
Production Co: RAI Cinema
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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