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By the Grace of God
By the Grace of God

By the Grace of God

2019 137 min ★ 7.1 Drama

Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.

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Cast

Melvil Poupaud

Melvil Poupaud

Alexandre Guérin

Denis Ménochet

Denis Ménochet

François Debord

Swann Arlaud

Swann Arlaud

Emmanuel Thomassin

Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca

Gilles Perret

François Marthouret

François Marthouret

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin

Bernard Verley

Bernard Verley

Father Bernard Preynat

Martine Erhel

Martine Erhel

Régine Maire

Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko

Irène, Emmanuel's Mother

Hélène Vincent

Hélène Vincent

Odile Debord, François' Mother

François Chattot

François Chattot

Pierre Debord, François' Father

Details

Director

François Ozon

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Production

Mandarin Films Productions Ltd., SCOPE Pictures

Reviews

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Stephen Campbell

November 15, 2019

★ 8/10

**_A well-made film about dignity in the face of hypocrisy_** >Rape _is the forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another person. It does injury to justice and charity. Rape deeply wounds the respect, freedom, and physical and moral integrity to which every person has a right. It causes grave damage that can mark the victim for life. It is always an intrinsically evil act. Graver still i...

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CinemaSerf

March 27, 2022

★ 7/10

A cleverly put together foray into this most highly sensitive of subjects tells three different, though conjoining, stories about men who were all abused by the same priest in their childhood. The film is as much about the ways in which they (and their families) have/have not reconciled themselves to this most heinous of behaviour by someone trusted by all, as it is about their subsequent pursuit ...

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