Love Is in the Air: Mubi Courts Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” Starring Muse Toni Servillo

Last December we learned that Paolo Sorrentino was quickly moving back into the director’s chair for his eleventh feature film, and now Variety reports that Mubi are getting back into business with the filmmaker – landing La Grazia for several territories (including North America) for what will be a 2026 drop. With production set to begin in March in Italy, we can assume that this will be a likely competition film candidate for Cannes next year. For now, all we know is that Toni Servillo is onboard and that this is a love story set somewhere in Italy. The filmmaker saw his last feature compete for the Palme d’Or last year. Our Nicholas Bell mentioned in his review of Parthenope that “if this is meant to be Sorrentino’s way of conceiving what a woman’s empowerment should look like after a filmography littered with aging playboys (often played by Toni Servillo), it’s certainly a disconsolate, disappointing juxtaposition.” Numero 10’s Sorrentino will produce La Grazia alongside The Apartment’s Annamaria Morelli (she has Rosebush Pruning and The Kidnapping of Arabella dropping this year).