Sacro GRA

Sacro GRA

Tales from Rome's Ring Road

Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

Produced by Doclab, La Femme Endormie

201393 min5.9 / 10

A meditative documentary portrait of invisible lives and social margins along Rome's ring road, built on patient observation and sociological curiosity.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Sacro GRA sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Sacro GRA violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Sacro GRA end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Sacro GRA scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Sacro GRA easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love20

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