We Have a Pope Page #6

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
145 Views


Yes, in theory, but not in reality.

But not in reality...

There's me, my mother,

my two sisters, my little brother...

And 23 rubles a month.

23 rubles in all.

We need to eat and drink!

And tea?

And sugar? And tobacco?

Tobacco!

- Now me?

- No, Dario!

Treplyov, listening:

I hear the footsteps!

Enter the uncle,

Treplyov embraces him:

I cannot live without Nina!

I am madly happy!

He runs to meet Nina who enters.

Then with passion:

My enchantress, my dream!

I'm not too late, am I?

Treplyov, kssing her hands:

No, no, no...

Nina:
I've been in a fever all day.

I was afraid my father... But then

he and my stepmother went out.

Then I urged my horse!

There he is.

She squeezes Sorin's hands:

I'm so glad! So glad!

In these days...

In these days you

must have asked yourselves:

why doesn't our Pope

come out to say hello?

He mustn't worry,

if the Lord chose him,

He couldn't have made a mistake.

Yes, I was chosen,

but this,

instead of giving me

strength and conciousness,

it crushes me, confuses me.

In this moment the Church needs

a guide who has the strength...

to bring great changes,

who seeks an encounter with all.

Who has, for all,

love and understanding.

I ask the Lord's forgiveness

for what I am about to do.

I don't know if He will be able

to forgive me.

But I must speak to Him

and to you with sincerity.

In these days I've thought

very much about you.

And I realize I am not able...

...to bear the role entrusted to me.

I feel I am among those

who cannot lead,

but who must be led.

In this moment I can only say:

pray for me.

The guide that you need

is not me.

I can't be the one.

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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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