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Sacro GRA (2013)

Sacro GRA poster
Directed by
Gianfranco Rosi
Genre
documentary film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
15
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the daily lives of people living and working along a highway ring around Rome. It shows the ordinary moments of residents, workers, and visitors.

observationalquieteverydaycontemplativeslowhumanintimateearthyunhurried

What happens

Sacro GRA (pronounced [ˈsaːkro dʒiˌɛrreˈa], Italian for "Holy GRA") is a 2013 Italian documentary film written and directed by Gianfranco Rosi. It follows the everyday life in the Grande Raccordo Anulare, in the outskirts of Rome. The film had its world premiere in the 70th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2013, where it won the Golden Lion, becoming the first documentary film to the festival's major prize. It was theatrically released in Italy on 19 September 2013 by Officine UBU. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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