Paolo Sorrentino's "La Grazia," a love story that re-teams the Oscar-winning director with "The Great Beauty" actor Toni Servillo, has been set as opening film of the upcoming Venice Film Festival.

Sorrentino returns to the festival where he previously premiered "The Young Pope," "The New Pope," and "The Hand of God." Plot details have been kept under wraps, but the film stars Toni Servillo and ...