Weevils and all, Rome ring-road film marks documentary comeback

VENICE, Sept 7: A portrait of life along Rome’s ring road is emerging as the quirkiest of a flurry of documentaries making waves at two of the world’s top film festivals. Italian director Gianfranco Rosi’s ‘Sacro GRA’ – a pun on the ring road’s name which evokes the Italian for Holy Grail – delves into the lives of a dozen characters, including a weevil-fighting tree scientist, but their names, personalities and occupations only gradually become clear. (agencies)