Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope

We’ve always appreciated Moretti’s commentary on Italy’s state, religion and politics and it’ll be rather interesting to see Moretti take jabs at all three with a dramatic discourse.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 14, 2011

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#37. We Have a Pope

Director: Nanni Moretti
Writer(s): Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli and Moretti
Producers: Jean Labadie, Domenico Procacci and Moretti
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: This is about a Pope (Michel Piccoli) who decides he doesn’t want the job as soon as he’s elected. Moretti will play a psychiatrist called in by the Vatican to resolve the problem….(more)

Cast: Nanni Moretti, Michel Piccoli and Margherita Buy.

List Worthy Reasons…: We’ve always appreciated Moretti’s commentary on Italy’s state, religion and politics and it’ll be rather interesting to see Moretti take jabs at all three with a dramatic discourse. We had this listed last year (at the number 56 spot) thinking it would surely be ready. It’s good to go.

Release Date/Status?: A Cannes launch is assured.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).