original title:
Il nostro Papa
directed by:
cast:
Iago Garcia, Manuela Fernández Vivian, Guillermo Auterio, Marcelo Saltal
screenplay:
editing:
music:
producer:
Mario Rossini, Antonio Cervi
production:
Red Film, Rai Cinema, Luce Cinecittà, Lazos de Sangre with the support of Regione Lazio
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy / Argentina
year:
2019
film run:
72'
format:
colour & b/w
release date:
16/12/2019
A young Argentinean actor, Jago Garcia, is due to perform in a movie
where he’s supposed to play the part of the current Pope. His
commitment to such an important role is so strong that he’s willing to
take part on a journey, following the origins of Jorge Mario Bergoglio,
now Pope Francis, OUR POPE.
In order to do that, he travels along the same path the Bergoglio family
did, back at the beginning of the 20th century. Originating from Italy,
they were forced to escape from fascism and chose to take a ship from the
port of Genoa, heading to Buenos Aires in Argentina.
But the ship they were supposed to take was at the center of the biggest
naval disaster of all times, in Italy: it sank, killing all its passengers, while
the Bergoglio family, who already had their tickets, didn't get on that ship
in time, due to an accidental delay. That single delay made it possible for
them to get to Argentina and give birth to the child who would eventually
become Pope Francis.
The story of Pope Bergoglio is therefore a story of immigration: it
starts in Italy, then goes to Argentina where he meets the poor among
other immigrants and God with them, and eventually ends back in Italy,
where as OUR POPE he chooses to speak for all the immigrants all over
the world and defend them; because in the end they're all like him.