Saving Grace (1986)
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This is an Italian comedy about a runaway, incognito Pope who makes his way to a village for a temporary stay and tries to bring a few good works to fruition while there. After Pope Leo XIV gets locked out of the Vatican garden one day, he opts for taking off on a small escape from official and bureaucratic burdens. Since he is not in his robes, who's to know? He heads for a remote village in the south of Italy that has no priest. He finds shelter with a former hooker and her mute daughter and then sets to work overcoming the local thugs and repairing a broken aqueduct. Meanwhile, back at the Vatican, the Cardinals are wringing their hands, trying to hide the fact that His Holiness has taken a powder. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert M. Young
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
Synopsis of Saving Grace
This is an Italian comedy about a runaway, incognito Pope who makes his way to a village for a temporary stay and tries to bring a few good works to fruition while there. After Pope Leo XIV gets locked out of the Vatican garden one day, he opts for taking off on a small escape from official and bureaucratic burdens. Since he is not in his robes, who's to know? He heads for a remote village in the south of Italy that has no priest. He finds shelter with a former hooker and her mute daughter and then sets to work overcoming the local thugs and repairing a broken aqueduct. Meanwhile, back at the Vatican, the Cardinals are wringing their hands, trying to hide the fact that His Holiness has taken a powder. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Saving Grace
- Tom Conti - Pope Leo XIV
- Erland Josephson - Monsignor Francesco Ghezzi
- Donald Hewlett - Monsignor Colin McGee
- Edward James Olmos - Ciolino
- Francesca Roberti
- Phillip Dachille
- Fabio Caretti - Acolytes
- Joe Chevalier - Man Robbed in Rigio
- Robert Sommer - Mr. Carver
- Massimo Sarchielli - Fortunato
- Don Sciarrino - Monitor Room Guard
- Tessa Passante - Vatican Switchboard Operator
- Judy Natalucci - Mrs. Carver
- Domenico Modena - Tonino
- Claudio Masin - Carabiniere at Montepetra
- Eric Galati - Radio Priest
- Natale Nazzareno - Rigio Guard
- Guido Alberti - Cardinal Augusto Morante
- Jorge Krimer - Secretary, Sistine Chapel
- Francesco Cinieri
- Fernando Rey - Cardinal Stefano Biondi
- Giancarlo Giannini - Abalardi
- Angelo Evans - Giuliano
- Patricia Mauceri - Lucia
- Agnes Nobercourt - Woman With Sick Boy
- Fernando Cartocci - Truck Driver
- Peter Boom - Tourist
- Marta Zoffoli - Isabella
- Massimo Serato - Monsignor Betti
- Mauro Sacripante - Reporter
- Benito Pucciariello - Montepetra Bartender
- Angelo Panarella - Bastiano
- Carlo Monni - Pizzeria Owner
- Paolo Merosi
- Julian Jenkyns - Tourist Group Leader
- Italo Furlan
- Ettore Martini - Bishop
- Tom Felleghy - Ambassador
- Margherita Horowitz - Nun Interpreter
- Director(s):
- Robert M. Young
- Writer(s):
- Richard Kramer, Tom Conti, David S. Ward
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Profanity, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Violence)
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