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We Have a Pope

Habemus Papam

Italy, France

2011

102 Min
Color
1.85:1
Italian
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DIR Nanni Moretti

PROD Jean Labadie, Nanni Moretti, Domenico Procacci

SCR Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli

DP Alessandro Pesci

CAST Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy, Jerzy Stuhr, Roberto Nobile, Renato Scarpa, Franco Graziosi, Massimo Dobrovic, Leonardo Della Bianca, Cecilia Dazzi

ED Esmeralda Calabria

PROD DES Paola Bizzarri

MUSIC Angelo Giovagnoli

SOUND Alessandro Zanon

Cannes (In Competition), Karlovy Vary (Horizons), Toronto (Special Presentations), London (Galas & Special Screenings), Chicago (Special Presentations), Abu Dhabi (Showcase), São Paulo (International Perspective), CPH PIX (Spotlight: Italien)

Synopsis

Following the death of the Pope, the Conclave meets to elect his successor. A cardinal is chosen who seems unable to bear the weight of such a responsibility. Is it anxiety? Is it depression? Does he feel inadequate? The faithful are waiting for the new Pope to appear on the balcony in St. Peter’s Square. The world is on tenterhooks, while in the Vatican they seek ways to come through the crisis. –Cannes Film Festival

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Nanni Moretti

Giovanni (Nanni) Moretti was born in 1953 in Bolzano. Both his parents are teachers and researchers. His first passions, cinema, water-polo and political commitment mark his works and his biography. After having graduated, Moretti tries to find work as assistant-director before shooting his first Super-8 shorts. He is also an actor for the Taviani Brothers (Padre padrone). His first feature-length film Io sono un autarchico brings him success both with the critics and the public. His second (Ecce Bombo) is selected by Cannes Film Festival. The success of the film makes Moretti one of the main European new authors.

Sogni d’oro wins the Jury Prize in Venice, and after Bianca (1983), La messa è finita wins the Silver Bear at the 1985 Berlinale.
In 1987, toghether with his long-time friend Angela barbagallo, Moretti establishes his production and distribution company, Sacher Film. They will then purchase and run a theater in Rom, called Nuovo Sacher.

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Th MZA

29May12

It'd be easy to read WHAP as anti-Catholic satire, but that reading misses Moretti's other targets -- news media, psychology, sports, the arts, nuclear family -- things that might replace or fortify religion but here seem inadequate to filling a leaderless void. As the Pope rejects spiritual fatherhood's responsibility, his would-be followers retreat into trivial distractions. The Internet, unmentioned, looms large.

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Joaopa

27May12

boa mistura de humor, drama e ótima interpretação do pretenso papa. gostei.

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msmichel

22May12

Quite frankly the first Moretti film that truly lacks any real bite. Moretti's take on the election of a pope starts well but flounders after the half hour mark once the new pontiff casts himself amongst the faithful. The subplots seem more like filler than profound and the lack of resolutions though novel just seems like the writers didn't know how to end it either. A real disappointment.

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[Last Film I Saw] We Have a Pope

By lasttim​eisaw on March 23, 2012

English Title: We Have a Pope
Original Title: Habemus Papam
Year: 2011
Language: Italian, German, Latin
Country: Italy, France
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: Nanni Moretti…  read review

Runaway Bride ... err ... Pope

By Michael Harbour on February 18, 2012

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