After Pope Francis news, a renaissance for an Italian film

By Zeitchik Steve

March 25, 2013

A scene from Nanni Moretti's "We Have A Pope" (IFC Films / March 25, 2013)

Extract : "...The Italian-language film, from actor-auteur Nanni Moretti, reopened at New York’s Lincoln Plaza this past weekend, where it tallied $3,500, according to distributor IFC Films.

There’s a reason the film is back on the big screen, Though completed in 2011 and initially released a year ago, its plot is eerily similar to what’s been happening at the Vatican over the past few months, what with the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XIV, a quickly convened papal conclave and the naming of the Argentine cardinal who would take the name Pope Francis..."


Storyline : "At the Vatican, following the demise of the Pope, the conclave to elect his successor settles on Cardinal Melville. But the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square wait in vain for the new Pope to step out on the balcony. What is going on? Behind the thick walls of the Vatican panic has set in. After uttering a terrible howl of fear, the Cardinal refuses the office. The officials do everything to try to reason with Melville, including a psychoanalyst, appointed by the Vatican... Do we really have a Pope?"

Index terms : Habemus Papam ; Vatican ; Catholicism

Found with : Los Angeles Times 

URL : http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-we-have-a-pope-showtimes-nanni-moretti-reviews-20130325,0,2843998.story

Site : latimes.com

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