Wednesday March 27th 2013
Italy/France 2011  105 minutes
Director: Nanni Moretti
Starring: Michel Piccoli,Jerzy Stuhr,Nanni Moretti  

It’s decision time in the Vatican as the cardinals assemble to elect a new Pope. Cardinal Melville wins the support of his fellows, but has agonising personal doubts about his own suitability for the job. A psychoanalyst (who, incidentally, is an atheist) is called in to help resolve the problem, which threatens to become a public relations disaster with the throng waiting in St Peters Square - as well as with the rest of the world. A charming, gentle film which makes its serious points about organised religion with subtlety and good humour.