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By the Grace of God

2018, drama

137 minutes

Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him to scouts always officiates with children. He then starts a fight, quickly joined by François and Emmanuel, also victims of the priest,...

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Age

14+

Country

Belgium, France

Language

French

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10

2019-02-08

Francois Ozon is best remembered for his psychological dramas, psychosexual thrillers and twisted comedies. He has now moved into an almost entirely new territory: Catholic faith and paedophilia. The outcome is nothing short of magnificent. Read more

8.0

2019-11-30

By the Grace of God might be Ozon’s finest film. For a topic that brings out so much anger and passion the restraint he brings is not only admirable, it’s the key to the film working as well as it does. Read more

6.0

2020-02-17

Mutating into a documentary-style approach, Ozon has a talented cast helping him stabilize the narrative disproportion whenever the film goes up and down in tone. Sometimes, we have the feeling that the story doesn’t go anywhere, but what the film lacks in the tension department, it compensates in exposing an uncomfortable truth that led Preynat to attempt blocking the release of the film in court. Read more

5.0

2019-10-06

By the Grace of God's biggest issue is in how uncinematic its storytelling is, its narrative relying far too heavily on epistolary correspondence rendered in voiceover between Alexandre and Barbarin. Read more

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