Released on: 2004
Rating: 8.00
More: About The Notebook
News:
Cannes Interview: Nanni Moretti Takes On The Vatican and Woody Allen
With Cannes competition entry Habemus Papum, Italian writer-actor-director Nanni Moretti, much like The Queen or The King' Speech, takes us behind the scenes of a place that we are forbidden to enter. He imagines what would happen if a Pope finds out that he has been elected as supreme religious leader, panics and rejects the job. Great French actor Michel Piccolli plays this Pope. And typically, Moretti is in the mix as an atheist therapist sent in to talk the new Pope into accepting God's will. (So far Cannes reviews are mixed.) The movie starts out very funny and then loses its way; I wanted more dialogue (King's Speech-style) between the shrink and the Pope. Hearing the Pope spout psychobabble about separating from his mother »
See full article at Thompson on Hollywood »
Ariang And Stopped On Track Tie For The Top Of Un Certain Regard In Cannes
In the special category of Un Certain Regard, Arirang and Halt Auf Freier Strecke (Stopped On Track) tied for the top prize. Elsewhere, the Special Jury Prize went to Elena and directing prize went to Mohammad Rasoulof for Be Omid E Didar (Au Revoir). It's a bittersweet consolation for Rasoulouf, who, along with director Jafar Panahi, was sentenced to a six-year jail term by the Tehran government for "propagandizing against the regime." [Deadline]»
See full article at Movieline »
See also: About Away from Her
