Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Melvil Poupaud
Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Denis Ménochet, Eric Caravaca, Swann Arlaud, Melvil Poupaud
Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Melvil Poupaud
Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Melvil Poupaud, Aurélia Petit
Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
François Ozon
Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
François Ozon
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
The actor with fans at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
The actor in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
The actor enjoying the Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
A difficult question... The actor at the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Swann Arlaud
The actor at the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Eric Altmayer
The producer of the French film at the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Aurélia Petit
The actress of the French film at the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019François Ozon
Well demanded: the director after the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019François Ozon
The French director at the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Press conference room
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Melvil Poupaud, Swann Arlaud, François Ozon
A cheerful Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Aurélia Petit
The actress at the Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Swann Arlaud
The actor in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Aurélia Petit, Melvil Poupaud
The actors at the Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Thomas Hailer
The Berlinale curator during the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
The actor with an Outstanding Artistic Contribution in the Berlinale VIP Club.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Feb 16, 2019François Ozon
The winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott – Closing Gala – Silver Bear
Feb 16, 2019François Ozon
The winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize on the stage of the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott – Closing Gala – Silver Bear
François Ozon
Denis Ménochet
Aurélia Petit
Swann Arlaud
Melvil Poupaud
Eric Altmayer (Producer), Aurélia Petit (Actress), Melvil Poupaud (Actor), François Ozon (Director, Screenwriter), Denis Ménochet (Actor), Swann Arlaud (Actor), Nicolas Altmayer (Producer)
Moderation: Maria Giovanna Vagenas
Press Conference at full lengthAlexandre lives with his wife and children in Lyon. One day he discovers by chance that the priest who abused him when he was a boy scout is still working with young people. Long repressed memories awaken. Distraught, Alexandre finally finds the courage to take action against the man. His search for further victims of the clergyman, who is highly respected in his office, leads Alexandre to François and Emmanuel. Each of these three men is struggling with himself in a different way. And each of them will have to do battle with the shadows of their past in order to cope with the far-reaching consequences of this process. The creation of the self-help organisation ‘La Parole Libérée’ (The Liberated Word) is just the first step.
Based on the real case of Father Bernard Preynat who in 2016 was charged with sexually assaulting around 70 boys in Lyon, François Ozon portrays the victims as adult men and reveals the lifelong wounds they have sustained. At the same time, the film criticises the church’s silence on paedophilia and asks about its complicity. As of January 2019, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is standing trial for ‘non-denunciation of sexual aggression’.
by
François Ozon
France 2019
French
137’ · Colour
Melvil Poupaud (Alexandre Guérin)Denis Ménochet (François Debord)Swann Arlaud (Emmanuel Thomassin)Éric Caravaca (Gilles Perret)François Marthouret (Cardinal Barbarin)Bernard Verley (Bernard Preynat)Martine Erhel (Régine Maire)Josiane Balasko (Irène)Hélène Vincent (Odile Debord)François Chattot (Pierre Debord)Frédéric Pierrot (Captain Courteau)Aurélia Petit (Marie Guérin)Julie Duclos (Aline Debord)Jeanne Rosa (Dominique Perret)Amélie Daure (Jennifer)
Born in Paris, France in 1967, this director and screenwriter studied at La Fémis film school and is now one of the most renowned filmmakers in his country. His work has already screened in the Berlinale Competition four times, with the ensemble cast of one of his most successful films, the comedy 8 femmes, winning the Silver Bear in 2002. In 2012 he was a member of the International Jury. He has made four films with Charlotte Rampling who this year is being presented with the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement; Sous le Sable and Swimming Pool are both screening in the Homage.
Filmography (selection)1998 Sitcom 1999 Les amants criminels (Ein kriminelles Paar) 2000 Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes (Tropfen auf heiße Steine) · Sous le sable (Unter dem Sand) 2002 8 femmes (8 Frauen) 2003 Swimming Pool 2004 5 x 2 (5 x 2 – Fünf mal zwei) 2005 Le temps qui reste (Die Zeit die bleibt) 2009 Ricky (Ricky – Wunder geschehen) · La refuge (Rückkehr ans Meer) 2010 Potiche (Das Schmuckstück) 2012 Dans la maison (In ihrem Haus) 2013 Jeune et Jolie (Jung & Schön) 2014 Une nouvelle amie (Eine neue Freundin) 2016 Frantz 2017 L'amant double (Der andere Liebhaber) 2019 Grâce à Dieu (Gelobt sei Gott)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Mandarin Production
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