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Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Nanni Moretti
Production: IFC Films
  16 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
102 min
$480,926
Website
137 Views


I don't know.

I don't think so, but I don't know...

Listen...

- Any problems with your faith?

- No!

You're sure? Yes.

God sees abilities in me

I don't have.

Where are these abilities?

I look for them and find nothing.

You've been chosen,

let's say, by God...

...for your qualities,

for your goodness.

So how can you

possibly suddenly...

Was the doctor asked

if he's a believer?

No one asked.

- Are you?

- No, I'm not.

- Not good.

- But I'm afraid that's how it is.

Anyway, let's go on.

Excuse me, you can stay,

it's fine, but in silence, please!

Your spokesman...

Your spokesman told me that

while they all waited for you...

-...to go onto the balcony...

- Know what happened to me?

- As they were coming towards me...

- Yes.

...some singing, some crying.

All being very emotional...

Little by little, they began disappearing.

They began disappearing?

No, not them.

All the peoplle I once knew

were suddenly gone.

Everything vanished.

I can't remember anything.

- Do you want to be Pope?

- I'm already Pope.

It was decided by the cardinals,

it was decided by God.

Was this meeting of ours useful?

I don't know.

You see, Pope, with

all these people around,

looking at me, checking me,

I just can't work.

Maybe a colleague who

doesn't know he's the Pope...

...could meet him away from here.

Professor, we must do

something right away,

that's why we came to you,

-...because you're the best.

- A curse!

Everyone always says:

You're the best?

My wife, also a psychoanalyst,

always said:

Darling, you're the best?

But she left me, she couldn't

stand the comparison.

- Is your wife good?

- The best after me.

She's prepared, sensitive.

- But she's obesessed with

parental deficit. - Interesting.

She tells everyone, really everyone...

...that when we all were

small children, infants,

.when we were just a few...

...when we were just a few

months old, something happened...

...that we have to deal with

for the rest of our lives.

So the fear of being abandoned...

...and the fear that something

might happen to us...

- Where are we?

- It's your room.

- My room?

- If you need anything...

I'm here.

You'll be quite comfortable.

Now I see!

Don't worry, we're sworn to secrecy.

You don't think I'd go around...

If you'd like to phone home,

I'll stay here, listen,

and then I'll take your phone.

No, my kids are in school now,

I have to call them this evening,

talk to them!

- Why take my phone? - It's forbidden

to communicate with the outside.

I'm sorry.

Meet with the cardinals,

those you're closest to,

and start thinking

of a new Secretary of State...

...or perhaps reconfirm

the previous one.

Or, if you're up to it,

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Nanni Moretti

Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. more…

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