“Habemus Papam” – “We Have a Pope” or maybe we don’t [MOVIE REVIEW]
3. Michel Piccoli in WE HAVE A POPE, directed by Nanni Moretti. A Sundance Selects Release Photo Credit: Philippe AntonelloNanni Moretti, the ever inventive and award winning Italian director poses the ironic question, “What do you do if the Pope doesn’t want the job?” Set in the present day, Pope Whatever has died and the College of Cardinals is locked in a room in the Vatican as a secret ballot is conducted to determine who will be the next Pope. Thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of faithful await word on the plaza as to who will be the leader of the Roman Catholic church, arguably the most powerful man in the Western world – God’s representative on earth. Ballot after ballot is read as the camera pans across the faces of the Cardinals, stopping at the front runners as we hear their thoughts: “Please, God… not me!” No one achieves a majority, not Cardinal Gregori, not Cardinal Bollati, not Cardinal Pescadona or Cardinal Cevasco – front runners all, and odds on favorites according to local bookies. The smoke continues to blow black from the chimney as the crowds await the puff of white – the announcement that a successor has been chosen. Hopelessly deadlocked, the Cardinals…
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