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Grâce à Dieu
By the Grace of God
Gelobt sei Gott
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© Jean-Claude MoireauMelvil Poupaud [...]Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Melvil Poupaud
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© Jean-Claude Moireau[...]Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
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© Jean-Claude MoireauDenis 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
Denis Ménochet, Eric Caravaca, Swann Arlaud, Melvil Poupaud
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© Jean-Claude MoireauMelvil Poupaud [...]Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Melvil Poupaud
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© Jean-Claude MoireauMelvil Poupaud, Aurélia Petit [...]Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
Melvil Poupaud, Aurélia Petit
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© Jean-Claude MoireauFrançois Ozon [...]Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
François Ozon
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© Jean-Claude MoireauFrançois Ozon [...]Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Competition 2019
FRA 2019
by: François Ozon
François Ozon
© Jean-Claude Moireau
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Feb 8, 2019 | Denis Ménochet [...]
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
The actor with fans at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Denis Ménochet [...]
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
The actor in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Denis Ménochet [...]
Feb 8, 2019Denis Ménochet
The actor enjoying the Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Denis Ménochet [...]
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
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Swann Arlaud [...]
Feb 8, 2019Swann Arlaud
The actor at the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Eric Altmayer [...]
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
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Aurélia Petit [...]
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
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | François Ozon [...]
Feb 8, 2019François Ozon
Well demanded: the director after the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | François Ozon [...]
Feb 8, 2019François Ozon
The French director at the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
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Feb 8, 2019 | Press conference room [...]
Feb 8, 2019Press conference room
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
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Feb 8, 2019 | Melvil Poupaud, Swann Arlaud, François Ozon [...]
Feb 8, 2019Melvil Poupaud, Swann Arlaud, François Ozon
A cheerful Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Aurélia Petit [...]
Feb 8, 2019Aurélia Petit
The actress at the Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Swann Arlaud [...]
Feb 8, 2019Swann Arlaud
The actor in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Aurélia Petit, Melvil Poupaud [...]
Feb 8, 2019Aurélia Petit, Melvil Poupaud
The actors at the Photo Call.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
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Feb 8, 2019 | Thomas Hailer [...]
Feb 8, 2019Thomas Hailer
The Berlinale curator during the Press Conference.
Competition – Grâce à Dieu | By the Grace of God | Gelobt sei Gott
Berlinale 2019 -
Feb 8, 2019 | Denis Ménochet [...]
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
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Feb 16, 2019 | François Ozon [...]
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
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Feb 16, 2019 | François Ozon [...]
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
Berlinale 2019
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
With
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)
Crew
- Written and Directed by
- François Ozon
- Cinematography
- Manu Dacosse
- Editing
- Laure Gardette
- Music
- Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
- Sound Design
- Jean-Paul Hurier
- Sound
- Brigitte Taillandier, Benoît Gargonne, Jean-Paul Hurier
- Production Design
- Emmanuelle Duplay
- Costumes
- Pascaline Chavanne
- Make-Up
- Natali Tabareau-Vieuille
- Assistant Director
- Alain Olivieri
- Casting
- David Bertrand, Anaïs Duran
- Production Manager
- Aude Cathelin
- Producers
- Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
Biography
François Ozon
Born in Paris, France in 1967, the director and screenwriter studied at La Fémis film school and is now one of the most renowned filmmakers in his country. Peter von Kant is his fifth film to screen in the Berlinale Competition following Water Drops on Burning Rocks, which won the 2000 Teddy Award, the 2002 comedy 8 Women, whose ensemble female cast won the Silver Bear, Angel in 2007, Ricky in 2009 and the 2019 film By the Grace of God, for which he won the Grand Jury Prize. In 2012, he was a member of the Competition jury himself.
Filmography (selection)1998 Sitcom 1999 Les amants criminels (Criminal Lovers) 2000 Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes (Water Drops on Burning Rocks) · Sous le sable (Under the Sand) 2002 8 femmes (8 Women) 2003 Swimming Pool 2004 5 x 2 2005 Le temps qui reste (Time to Leave) 2007 Angel 2009 Ricky · La refuge (The Refuge) 2010 Potiche 2012 Dans la maison (In the House) 2013 Jeune et jolie (Young & Beautiful) 2014 Une nouvelle amie (The New Girlfriend) 2016 Frantz 2017 L’amant double 2019 Grâce à Dieu (By the Grace of God) 2020 Été 85 (Summer of 85) 2021 Tout s’est bien passé (Everything Went Fine) · Peter von Kant
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022
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