If he believes he is called to the papacy, he should disregard his feelings and, well, pope up. Pope Benedict XVI made no secret that the papal office came as a heavy burden to him — as a cross to be carried. No conflicted candidates struggling to resign themselves to whatever cross God might wish them bear, as Cardinal Ratzinger took up his cross. Critical thought does not seem to be a virtue of the Catholic hierarchy.If the pope doesn’t question his faith, it’s because he doesn’t question anything. Which is perhaps surprising.
Indeed, as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger he had repeatedly tried to retire from his previous Vatican post as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, but Pope John Paul II always refused his resignation. De paus is dood en in het Vaticaan wordt een nieuwe kerkvader gekozen. Contemplating their votes, they look more like schoolboys enduring a difficult test than princes of the Church fulfilling a sacred trust.During the subsequent crisis, the cardinals play cards, exercise, and eventually — under the direction of the frustrated therapist — organize a comic volleyball tournament. Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa, Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy. He talks to a psychotherapist (played by Moretti himself), an amusingly impractical session in which the therapist is forbidden to ask all the kinds of questions therapists typically ask, while the whole college of cardinals stands by watching. As a non-believer, its director cannot resist getting in the odd dig at Catholicism. 19:00.
Although the film is the very antithesis of The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010), which is able to explain abdication only with personal decadence and feebleness, (1) Nanni Moretti doesn’t make … What was the point?Do we have a pope? Al in de eerste minuten van de Italiaanse film Habemus Papam wordt duidelijk dat regisseur Nanni Moretti gaat voor de lach.
Melville’s faith is wholly theoretical, along with every other character (not counting the anonymous throngs in St. Peter’s Square). Obviously, the pope should pray — and his colleagues should pray, and urge him to pray — that God give him grace and guidance to do what he ought. Moretti is a loose and entertaining presence as he tries to keep order in the cloisters, and Piccoli is always thoughtful and humane as his troubled soul pushes him from bakery to theatre to hotel. The Vatican's officials – portrayed affectionately enough as nervous bumblers – call in a psychoanalyst (played by Moretti himself) to try and talk Melville round. When his predecessor died in 2005, Ratzinger hoped to retire after the papal conclave. Yet later — just after the,It’s impossible not to feel empathy for the plight of the hapless cardinal catapulted into a position of incalculable responsibility for which he feels wholly inadequate. Cardinali riuniti in Conclave nella Cappella Sistina procedono all'elezione del nuovo Papa. With the two men apart, the film starts to meander, hopping between scenes with no particular connection, and thereby losing much of its narrative focus.That's not to say much of what remains isn't valuable and funny. A white-clad figure appears in the background. No one prays during the conclave for guidance regarding the selection of the successor to Peter, or for God’s will to be done. Cast completo Genere Commedia, - Italia, Francia, 2011, durata 104 minuti.
Eventually the pope goes AWOL, wandering the streets of Rome, taking solace in his anonymity.Meanwhile, the cardinals remain sequestered; the spokesman for the Holy See (Jerzy Stuhr) stalls and makes excuses to the media; the pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square continuing praying and singing; heads of state issue statements expressing concern…and the world waits.Throughout this holding pattern, the pope’s thoughts are dominated by a single, intractable idea:At no time does anyone follow or even propose any of the obvious courses of action.