

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.
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- Language
- French
- pedophilia
- child abuse
- based on true story
- pedophile priest
- cover-up
- pedophile
- roman catholic church
- corrupt church
- lyon france
- child sexual abuse
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival7 Oct 2019
- Theatrical18 Oct 2019
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon Film Festival5 Oct 2019
- Theatrical25 Oct 2019
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical28 Nov 2019
CanadaCA
- Theatrical5 Apr 2019
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical29 Aug 2019
AustriaAT
- Theatrical17 Oct 2019
BelgiumBE
- Premiere16Brussels26 Mar 2019
- Theatrical163 Apr 2019
BrazilBR
- Theatrical20 Jun 2019
ChileCL
- Theatrical4 Oct 2019
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival15 Jun 2019
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical21 Nov 2019
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1528 Nov 2019
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By the Grace of God was released on 20 February 2019.
Audience reviews
2- S8/10
Stephen Campbell
11/15/2019
**_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 grave damage that can mark the victim for life. It is always an intrinsically evil act. Graver still is the rape of childr…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/27/2022
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 to this most heinous of behaviour by someone trusted by all, as it is about their subsequent pursuit of this man, and of …
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