Sacro GRA intimately explores the human geography along the Grande Raccordo Anulare, a massive motorway that encircles Rome. Like a voyeuristic nature documentary, the filmmaker peers into traditions—new and old, personal and national—observing the cultures of Italy from within each person’s unique habitat. The camera hovers over the shoulders of prostitutes dancing on café countertops, a scientist tracking the lecherous red palm weevil, a medic rushing to accidents, and more—all connected by the omnipresent rush of churning cars. It’s a beautiful work as sprawling as the road itself, but with a penchant for lingering at every pit stop. (DK)