By the Grace of God (2018)

By the Grace of God (2018)

A damning account of a cover-up by the Catholic church in France

7.8

Movie

Belgium, France
French
Drama
2018
FRANÇOIS OZON, FRANÇOIS OZON
Éric Caravaca, Alexandre Steiger, Amélie Daure
137 min

What it's about

Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.

The take

In Lyon, the second biggest city in France after Paris, a man confronts the church about a prominent priest who sexually assaulted him and his friends when they were young.

The man, being religious, wanted to keep the issue within the church. He only asked that the pedophile’s priesthood be revoked so that he doesn’t assault more children.

When it becomes clear that the church will not act, he considers legal action, even though the statute of limitations has expired. But, as is usual in these cases, he was far from being the only victim.

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