A good movie is not always made with a random script, but is often the presentation of the director's personal taste. It is undeniable that Nanni Moretti is an all-rounder in the Italian film industry, and his works always carry his own willful taste. This is what I like. "I make my films, not theirs" ["they" means those in the media]. Willful people naturally have some persistence, so the works they create are full of dexterity and tension.
"The Birth of the Pope" is not a traditional religious film. Although the protagonists are a group of elderly cardinals, the director did not want to take the film so seriously. He described these public officials as innocent and cute as children. , during the election, they were afraid to avoid the sacred duty of the Pope, which is a great responsibility, and thought "don't choose me, don't choose me" in their hearts. In the second half of the movie, they were bored and carried out in the solemn courtyard of the Vatican. A lively and lively volleyball league. In this way, Moretti uses a lighthearted and humorous rhythm to strip away the aura of religious divinity a little bit, and focus on human nature, allowing him to play a bystander in it.
Our hero, Pope Melville, is no longer the stalwart image in public perception, he is just an ordinary person. Ordinary people would choose to escape under heavy pressure, and the Pope also learned to run away from home under heavy pressure, and began a road of self-exploration. When the whole people were worried, the high-ranking Pope played with disappearance and pursued his original dream - to be an actor. When he faced his heart, he was relaxed and happy, but facing the public, his heart was full of fear and contradictions. . In these two antagonistic emotions, he began to ask his heart, "I have done a lot of things in my life, and I have done a lot of good things, but why can't I do anything now?" Divinity began to be doubted, yes, In fact, all our Pope always wanted was freedom, a kind of spiritual freedom, but he was always bound by the external environment. When he saw the innocent and interesting arguments of the children, he smiled contentedly. In the end, he returned to the Vatican, but finally chose to accept himself bravely and resign to the public. At the end of the film, he turned around and left the empty balcony of the Sistine Chapel to the public. For the pope, being able to admit his weakness is a gesture of strength, but for the masses, what remains is a sense of unease caused by the collapse of the spiritual pillar. This may be what Moretti wants us to see, the consequences that must be borne after the pursuit of self, and the fragility of the spiritual world behind the divinity.
In fact, this movie can be summed up as "what is the pope, can you eat it, don't force me, I just want to be a quiet and good actor, soulless".
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