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La Grazia
Movie

La Grazia

2025 • Drama

Woke Score
1
out of 10

Plot

A widowed Italian president faces moral crises over euthanasia legislation and pardoning killers while grappling with his late wife's infidelity during his final months in office.

Overall Series Review

La Grazia focuses on the final six months of Italian Prime Minister Mariano De Santis' term, centering on his internal moral and personal struggles. The plot is driven by weighty, universal dilemmas: his decision on a controversial euthanasia bill, whether to grant clemency to two murderers, and his private grief over his late wife's infidelity. De Santis is portrayed as a highly admirable, moral, and intelligent leader, known for his integrity, which runs counter to the trend of depicting authority figures as toxic or corrupt. The narrative is a contemplative portrait of a man's relationship with duty, mortality, and love. His daughter, Dorotea, is depicted as a competent and professional legal advisor. The core conflict is a traditional, dramatic grappling with personal conscience and public responsibility, deeply rooted in the Western ethical tradition.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The narrative focuses entirely on the universal moral and personal crises of an Italian statesman. Character is defined by duty, moral compass, and personal grief, not by race or immutable characteristics. No evidence suggests the vilification of whiteness or the forced insertion of intersectional hierarchy.

Oikophobia1/10

The film centers on the admirable and thoughtful President of Italy as he grapples with institutional duty and conscience. The setting and focus on high-level Italian politics and moral law show respect for the gravity and enduring nature of Western institutions, rather than demonstrating hostility toward home culture or ancestors.

Feminism2/10

The male lead, Mariano De Santis, is portrayed as a strong, intelligent, and moral man, countering the emasculation trope. His daughter, Dorotea, is a brilliant and competent legal scholar and advisor, which is a depiction of merit. The narrative does not promote the 'Girl Boss' trope by making her perfect or centering her professional life over the main character's crisis, nor does it contain anti-family or anti-natal messaging.

LGBTQ+1/10

The plot's central conflicts are the legal and moral issues of euthanasia and pardons, alongside the President's grief over his late wife's infidelity. No plot details or reviews indicate the presence of alternative sexualities, the deconstruction of the nuclear family, or the promotion of gender ideology.

Anti-Theism2/10

The protagonist, Mariano De Santis, is explicitly identified as a Catholic, and his moral crisis over the euthanasia bill is a direct result of his faith and moral law. This is a respectful engagement with the difficulty of living a faithful life in politics, not a narrative that frames traditional religion as the root of evil or promotes moral relativism.