Though the film meanders a bit too long — there’s no sense of urgent necessity, and the sense of a potentially infinite film with no coherence induced minor impatience eventually — its hypnotic reverie effectively worked its charms on me.

| Jan 25, 2023

Sacro GRA peers into a silent world and finds the unseen and unheard of its all encompassing vitality.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2019

Taking in a vast and diverse range of eccentric characters, Sacro GRA amounts to little more than a collage of individual sketches that fails to ever coalesce into something greater than the sum of its parts.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2019

Taken on its own merits, Sacro GRA suffers from a structural slackness, as though Rosi's expansive manoeuvre was a bridge too far for the filmmaker.

| Nov 22, 2017

No matter what Rosi puts on screen in this film, it's always beautifully framed and shot with an eye for color.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 4, 2017

It's a small film with big ideas, and certainly the most interesting documentary about a highway you're likely ever to see.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 27, 2016

A fun and insightful slice of Roman life. Next up, M25: The Movie?

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2014

Sacro GRA is the sort of beautifully observed, leisurely paced verité documentary that gets made all too rarely now.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 7, 2014

Those who like to discover a film for themselves will find this a rewarding, reflective experience.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 7, 2014

A rough and ready, unsanctioned tour of the Eternal City's fraying seams.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2014

The film's stories have a mysterious, collective power that's undeniable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2014

While it may prove frustratingly mundane for some, thanks to its intrinsic humanness Sacro GRA has a quiet power despite its crumbling aesthetic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2014

Rosi seeks out the forgotten folk who the commuters leave behind: an eccentric bunch that includes prostitutes, paramedics and parasitic weevils.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2014

An essential counterpoint to the city's life in cinema, the wisest Roman film in years.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 5, 2014

Sacro GRA is a technically well-made film, but it may require audience members to be open-minded to enjoy it.

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 5, 2014

An outstanding and tender film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 11, 2013

It's great that a documentary has broken through and won the Lion, but we're a little baffled that a film as unremarkable as this one was the one to do so.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 9, 2013

Sacro Gra's charms have much to do with the director's spot-on selection of a brace of engaging or kooky characters from what must have been dozens of potential candidates.

| Sep 7, 2013

Rosi's roam on the orbital road of the title is a fascinating, witty and meditative piece which delivers an alternative view of Rome, far from the postcard locales of the Coliseum and La Dolce Vita.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 7, 2013

The idea remains more absorbing than the final product.

| Sep 7, 2013