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Pope Francis, during his meeting at the Vatican with Martin Scorsese and his wife Helen Morris, on May 29, 2023 in Rome.
Cinema – This is the advantage of having one of the greatest active filmmakers among the faithful of the Catholic Church. Producer of a documentary on the work of Pope Francis in the world educational movement which he founded before his death, the director Martin Scorsese will be able to reveal unpublished images of the Sovereign Pontiff.
As reported Associated Press This Thursday, May 1, the filmmaker to whom we owe The freed, Taxi Driver but above all Silence et The last temptation of Christtwo real cinematographic essays on faith, revealed first details on this project designed in close collaboration with Pope Francis.
Titled Aldeas – A new story or Aldeas – A New Story In the original version, this documentary without release date at this stage will have to attend an unprecedented conversation between the two men. Which would also be the last real interview with Pope Francis before his disappearance on April 21.
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The goal of this documentary film? Return to the work of Occurning Scholas, an international non -profit organization founded by the Pope in 2013 to promote the “Culture of the meeting” with young people. Because part of the activities of this NGO implies the production of films for the film initiative ” Villages », Combining education, production of films and community development, as reported Variety. Regarding Aldeas, Pope Francis said before his death that it was a ” extremely poetic and very constructive project ”Who “Go to the roots of what human life is, human sociability, human conflicts … The essence of the journey of a life ».
Influence majeure
CE FLOTH, Offending par SCorseese and Alde, Scholas film Comme “A testimony of lasting belief that creativity is not only a means of expression but a path to hope and transformation” will allow you to see the action of this initiative in Indonesia, Gambia or Italy through behind the scenes of several short films. These sequences will then be interspersed with unpublished conversations between Martin Scorese and Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
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The announcement of this film proves in any case the major influence of Pope Francis on the work of the director of Killers of the Flower Moonhis latest film to date. Because the two men have met many times since the arrival of Pope Francis at the head of the Vatican in 2013.
For example, one of their last met made public had pushed the 82 -year -old filmmaker to work on a new film around the figure of Christ. After The last temptation of Christ In 1988, he announced in 2023 the development of a more or less faithful adaptation ofA life of Jesus of the Japanese writer Shūsaku Endō, whose Variety had obtained a first draft scenario almost a year ago. In parallel, Martin Scorsese produced and narrated a docu-fiction series in eight games, released in November. She was entitled Martin Scorsese Pésee: Les Saint pans.
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