We Have a Pope (AKA Habemus Papam)
Dir: Nanni Moretti
2011
****
A wonderfully wry but intelligent satire that asks very valid questions. This is not the cheap 'Pope sees Therapist comedy' that it may appear to be, that synopsis is just there to lure the people in (or was put there by people who have not seen or understand the film). What it is is a very clever analysis on the role of a Pope and questions whether any man can really claim to be 'God's right hand man on Earth'. The structure of the Church and the secrecy of the Vatican are also explored but director/writer/actor Nanni Morett never once pokes fun or insults the Catholic Church. Instead he leads us through a slightly absurd world putting the Vatican into perspective and reveals (for me at least) that all men are equal and so are their contradictions.