Italian director Paolo Sorrentino hopes his latest film premiering Wednesday in Venice will bring attention to the controversial topic of euthanasia — while encouraging those in power to reject the need for certainty and embrace doubt.

“La Grazia”, about an Italian president grappling with indecision over whether to sign a euthanasia bill into law, is the latest from the Naples-born director, best known to non-Italian audiences for “The Great Beauty”, winner of the best foreign film Oscar in 2014.

“Dwelling on doubt and then allowing that doubt to mature into a decision is something that is increasingly rare,” Sorrentino told journalists, hours before his film was to kick off the 10-day Venice Film Festival.

“I wanted to portray a politician who embodies a lofty idea of politics as I be

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