We Have a Pope
2012 ‘Habemus Papam’ Directed by Nanni Moretti
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A story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist.
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The ancient and mysterious ceremonies, the arcane rituals and vestments, hell, just the sheer weirdness of the Catholic church make it intriguing enough for writers and filmmakers to go back to time and again, but only usually as an ingredient or a backdrop in tales of good against evil. Things are more down-to-earth in Habemus Papam: we are witnesses to all of the procedures in the papal conclave electing a new pope, and, robes and rituals aside, this film normalises not just the process, but the cardinals and everyone else involved at the top of the Catholic Church.
This it does by using gentle, but cheekily irreverent humour. And although the cardinals occasionally come across as overgrown schoolboys, at least…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Cute, funny, satirical, heart-felt about a bunch of old white men stuck in a room together while another old white man has a severe anxiety attack and tries to figure out what it all means. It's hard to watch it without thinking what, if any, intentions the filmmakers had in satirizing the rotten heart of the Catholic Church at the moment, since it never does go down that road. Not sure what is not being said in a film that deals with a man utterly horrified that he has been selected by his peers to be the embodiment of an institution that in the real world is now beset with scandal and cover-ups that question the very nature of its…
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A funny, heartwarming and incredibly touching film from Nanni Moretti, about a pope who is conflicted about his election. I'm not exactly sure what the Vatican made of the scene where the director (playing a psychiatrist), leads the cardinals in a game of volleyball...
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Una comedia que parte de una buena idea , con algun bue gag pero que se queda a mitad de camino en su desarrollo para tiene un final previsble
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Nanni Moretti's portrait of the pope - of a new pope - who fears and desperates over the situation of having to do his job and being a pope. Moretti shows the pope as a human being experiencing angst, love, empathy, dreams. joy and a lot of other aspects / emotions of everyday life. You don't see business as usual in the Vatican here. But a very very watchable movie.
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This was my first Nanni Moretti film - topically I was inspired to watch on the night of the election of the new Pope Francis - and I very much enjoyed it.
In the first instance there's a strong sense that what we see behind the closed doors of the Vatican is a fascinating and entirely feasible process of the actual meeting of the cardinals to choose their next spiritual leader in a semi-documentary style. The surprise of a relative outsider being selected to take the position results in Michel Piccoli's gentle cardinal having a crisis of confidence as he is due to step onto the balcony of St Peter's to greet the massed faithful. His refusal to accept the…
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Not one of Nani Moretti's best, but entertaining enough. Weirdly similar to recent Papal events - i.e. someone does not want to be Pope, but was actually made a years or two before those events happened.
Some nice comic moments - loved the cardinals playing beach volleyball - but disappointing. -
A great movie to watch. It feels like you're watching a well made documentary. The way the characters feels realistic is amazing. The photography is a work to be reckon also. The places chosen are really great and the ending, although it was predicted, was pretty well structured and the scene itself showed to be outstanding.
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Interesante, curiosa y simpática película que encuentra sus puntos fuertes en las interpretaciones de Piccoli y Moretti, sobre todo del primero. Algunas reflexiones muy interesantes y un gran final la completan.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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What better moment to finally watch Moretti’s take on the Catholic church than on the first day of the 2013 papal conclave to elect Benedictus’ successor, I thought. Unfortunately, the film disappoints. Michel Piccoli is fine as the newly elected pope who succumbs to an existential crisis but in the end Habemus Papam is both rather tame as a drama/comedy and rather toothless as satirical commentary.
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Una comedia que parte de una buena idea , con algun bue gag pero que se queda a mitad de camino en su desarrollo para tiene un final previsble
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It's such an interesting and funny film