- Saving Grace (1985 film)
Infobox_Film
name =Saving Grace
writer =Celia Gittelson Richard Kramer
starring =Tom Conti Edward James Olmos Fernando Rey Erland Josephson Giancarlo Giannini Donald Hewlett Patricia Mauceri Marta Zoffoli
director =Robert M. Young
released =1985
runtime =112 min.
language =English
genre=comedy/drama budget ="Saving Grace" is a 1985 film directed by
Robert M. Young and starringTom Conti andEdward James Olmos .It is based on a
novel byCelia Gittelson with ascreenplay byRichard Kramer .Plot
A newly enthroned
Pope (Conti) longs to be involved in ordinary people’s lives again, as he was when he was apriest .During an audience, the Pope speaks with a young girl whose village needs help. Accidentally locked out of the Vatican, the Pope travels to the small impoverished and isolated village. He decides that the people need the
aqueduct re-built. Without expertise and only the help of some orphans, he starts construction.Although many have viewed this movie as a comedy, it is hardly that. For those with some knowledge of the Catholic faith, a "cry" is "heard" from a mute girl for a priest in her village. When the Pope gets locked out, he makes his way to Mount Petra (Peter) where he begins to grasp his vocation again by the challenges of tyranny and the return of water (baptismal grace) to the community to restore their strength. In Christian thought, there is always sacrifice of those who initially resist, then come by grace. It is a saving grace, as even the most skeptical of the community discover.Fact|date=June 2008
Reviews
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9A0DEFDB1731F93BA25754C0A960948260&oref=slogin/ The New York Times]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/03/13/saving_grace_1985_review.shtml/ BBC Films]
* [http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/74055/saving_grace.html/ Time Out]External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091895/ IMDB entry]
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