The only film in the Main Competition to have premiered outside the festival, back on its home turf it, Nanni Moretti’s Habemus Papam received mixed reviews. The remaining question was, would international critics warm up to the hypothetical proposition: what if the Pope (formidably played by Michel Piccoli) wasn’t apt for the job and what if a shrink (a watered down performance by Moretti) were asked to help solve the situation? The soul-searching tale about a man unwilling to take the lead in one domain of his life, but going full throttle in a whole new direction whimpered into this festival as the duelling tones might have turned off some and it comes packaged lacking Moretti’s usually biting and satirical criticism. The panel’s grades reflect this. Click on the image below.
