By the Grace of God
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.
Cast
Melvil Poupaud
as Alexandre Guérin
Denis Ménochet
as François Debord
Swann Arlaud
as Emmanuel Thomassin
Éric Caravaca
as Gilles Perret
François Marthouret
as Cardinal Philippe Barbarin
Bernard Verley
as Father Bernard Preynat
Martine Erhel
as Régine Maire
Josiane Balasko
as Irène, Emmanuel's Mother
Hélène Vincent
as Odile Debord, François' Mother
François Chattot
as Pierre Debord, François' Father
Reviews
Stephen Campbell
**_A well-made film about dignity in the face of hypocrisy_** >Rape _is the forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another person. It does injury to justice and charity. Rape deeply wounds the respect, freedom, and physical and moral integrity to which every person has a right. It causes gr...
CinemaSerf
A cleverly put together foray into this most highly sensitive of subjects tells three different, though conjoining, stories about men who were all abused by the same priest in their childhood. The film is as much about the ways in which they (and their families) have/have not reconciled themselves t...
