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We Have a Pope

Habemus Papam

2011

Moments after his election, a newly chosen pope is seized by a paralyzing panic and cannot bring himself to accept the role, sending the Vatican into quiet crisis as a therapist is secretly summoned. Nanni Moretti's gentle, melancholy comedy.

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A Nanni Moretti comedy-drama about a cardinal elected pope and the psychological burden of the office.

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