On Wednesday October 16 at 8:55 p.m., Arte broadcasts We have the pope. A very special comedy, in the secret of a Pope not really like the others…
Nanni Moretti is a teasing director. In 2011, accompanied by Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa and Franco Graziosi, the Italian chose to kill two birds with one stone with We have the pope. Here, as he declared in the press kit for his film, the filmmaker chose to make fun of the Church, but also of psychological therapies: “I made fun of the left, of my generation (when I was twenty, then thirty, then forty…) and in DiaryI even made fun of cancer I had twenty years ago. I think it is also permissible to make fun of psychoanalysis.” If no union of psychologists spoke out against this film recounting the sessions of a Pope on the couch, the Vatican feared the release ofWe have the pope… Before finally turning back.
We have the pope : when the Pope passes on the couch
What happens after the Pope dies? If History has demonstrated how the Vatican goes about finding a replacement, Nanni Moretti has chosen to make it a fiction. Here, with We have the popewe are entitled to the meeting of a conclave responsible for electing a successor. Problem is, the elected cardinal will be somewhat reluctant to take on the task. Not really ready to take on the role, he will be prey to a certain discomfort with this position. Fear of doing wrong, anxiety, depression… But what is happening to this new pope? This is what we will try to find out, while showing a few smiles.
We have the pope: le joli coup de Nanni Moretti
Making the pope a fairly human character in the guise of an impeccable Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti succeeded in his bet… Even succeeding in convincing the vacationers! Indeed, if he saw the entity close the doors of the place to install its cameras, he still forged a link with Cardinal Ravasi, making him read the script for his film. If this minister “unofficial” of Culture at the Vatican ultimately did not offer him a pass, he was able to organize a preview for him. A screening for reassured men of faith, who have not attacked the feature film in the media. Members of the Vatican were even amused by the religious scenes of relaxation on the screen, between games of cards and volleyball…
