We Have a Pope
- 2011
- Italy/France
- 102 min
- PG
- Directed by: Nanni Moretti
- Written by: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli
- Cast: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti
- UK release: 2 December 2011
- Website: www.le-pacte.com/france/…
Cardinal Melville (Piccoli) has been elected pope, but on the point of his first appearance to the faithful he panics and flees, so the Vatican calls in atheist psychoanalyst Brezzi (Moretti) to talk to the troubled pontiff. Attractively shot and full of amusing touches, Moretti's film is surprisingly moving and downbeat.
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Interview: Nanni Moretti, writer-director of We Have a Pope
15 Nov 2011
Director of moving and downbeat film on Catholic Church
Did you ever think of casting yourself in the lead role of Melville, the newly elected Pope, who suffers a crisis of confidence? When I was still in the initial stages of the script, I was chatting to friends and I told them I was thinking of writing a…
We Have A Pope
9 Nov 2011
Light-hearted touches within surprisingly pessimistic vision of Catholic Church system
(tbc) 104mins Although it’s set in the world of heavyweight prize-fighters, it would be cruelly limiting to describe Martin Scorsese’s lacerating study of masculine self-loathing Raging Bull as a film about boxing. Ditto Italian writer-director Nanni…
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