La grazia
"A president. A pardon. A legacy."
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti, Massimo Venturiello, Milvia Marigliano, Orlando Cinque
La Grazia — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
Who owns our days?
Context
Threaded through the President's deliberations over the bill and the two clemency petitions.
Meaning
The film's governing question, and the hinge of the euthanasia argument: if our days belong to us, the state's authority over their end is limited; if they belong to God or the community, it is not.
They are ours, but paradoxically, a lifetime is not enough to understand it.
Context
Arrives late, after the cases have worked on him; it reads as the closest the film comes to a verdict.
Meaning
His eventual, partial answer — an affirmation of self-ownership immediately qualified by humility. Sorrentino's case for doubt in a single sentence.
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