Sacro GRA

Sacro GRA

93 mins | Documentary | Sept. 19, 2013

After the India of Varanasi’s boatmen, the American desert of the dropouts, and the Mexico of the killers of drugtrade, Gianfranco Rosi has decided to tell the tale of a part of his own country, roaming and filming for over two years in a minivan on Rome’s giant ring road—the Grande Raccordo Anulare, or GRA—to discover the invisible worlds and possible futures harbored in this area of constant turmoil. Elusive characters and fleeting apparitions emerge from the background of the winding zone: a nobleman from the Piemonte region and his college student daughter sharing a one-room efficiency in a modern apartment building along the GRA.

Sacro GRA

93 mins | Documentary | Sept. 19, 2013

Sacro GRA
After the India of Varanasi’s boatmen, the American desert of the dropouts, and the Mexico of the killers of drugtrade, Gianfranco Rosi has decided to tell the tale of a part of his own country, roaming and filming for over two years in a minivan on Rome’s giant ring road—the Grande Raccordo Anulare, or GRA—to discover the invisible worlds and possible futures harbored in this area of constant turmoil. Elusive characters and fleeting apparitions emerge from the background of the winding zone: a nobleman from the Piemonte region and his college student daughter sharing a one-room efficiency in a modern apartment building along the GRA.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, RAI, La Femme Endormie, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Regione Lazio, DOCLAB, Finanziaria Laziale di Sviluppo (FILAS), Roma Lazio Film Commission
Original title Sacro GRA
Directors Roberto Rinalduzzi, Gianfranco Rosi
Writers Nicolò Bassetti, Dario Zonta, Gianfranco Rosi

Cast

Roberto Giuliani

as lui-même

Franceso De Santis

as lui-même

Paolo Regis

as lui-même

Amelia Regis

as lui-même

Cesare Bergamini

as lui-même

Gaetano Finocchi

as lui-même

Patrizia Torselli

as lui-même

Daniel Ona

as lui-même