At first, I thought it would be a religious version of "House of Cards", but it turned out to be an extended version of "Youth". The unexpected election of the young bishop Lennie to take charge of the Catholic Church forced him to suddenly rethink his beliefs, his life, and his relationship with his parents, believers, and those around him. The whole play is an Odyssey journey for a young man to find himself and reconcile himself with himself.
Of course, there are still many secrets of the Vatican at the heart of the Catholic Church: the power struggle between the cardinal, the church secretary of state and the Pope, the image marketing of Catholicism to adapt to modern society (keep the mystery is the best marketing, interesting), (high school graduates from Harvard University As the brand director of Catholicism, I was scolded by the Pope, and even Harvard University was scolded, and the scolding was very happy. The university has become a factory, and the products are made of unscrupulous elites) The sexual assault scandal within the church, Catholicism secular tendencies and idolatrous worship of the Pope by believers, etc.
The Pope's mansion is really extraordinary. He has the airport, swimming pool, garden, and all the comforts of modern society. And the people around him are really the emperor. He lived like an emperor. Unfortunately, he didn't.
The Pope is annoying.
This is almost a pope's inner drama. Throughout, from beginning to end, gorgeous shots and creative montages are used to show the Pope's inner struggle, his childhood experience of being abandoned, his fanatical thoughts about his parents, and his fatigue of faith. and struggle. Jude Law is smoking a cigarette, and the image of the white coat and white hat is very "lost generation". He has insight into everyone's secrets, confronts others head-on with upright words and deeds, and finally makes everyone obedient, and anyone who does not obey will be sent to the frontier by him, but this does not bring him the ecstasy of power .
He's looking for love, he's looking for mother's love, erotic love, God's love. In the play, he prayed many times for a successful apparition of God, to impregnate a woman, to regenerate a friend's mother, and to punish abusive nuns in Africa. This is also the reason for his name as a saint. His beliefs are very radical, incompatible with modern society, and he opposes all secular reforms. He is uncompromising on issues such as multiple days, homosexuality, divorce, etc., but the church has also encountered difficulties because of this. He has to start to compromise and find a way out. . It made him anxious.
It can be said that he has almost no friends, no one understands him, and no one who talks to him can give him an answer. He understands the desires of the world and dares to reveal his sincerity, but he can't seem to find a way to save him. He is almighty and omniscient, yet empty and vulnerable.
Spanish writer Uramino has a novel "Saint Sebastian", which tells the story of a Catholic priest who is fanatical on the surface, but has no faith in his heart. He preaches only for the people around him, in order to keep them alive. Happier and more secure. He doesn't think lying is a good way. He wants to be honest, but if he can't be honest, he can only retreat, keep secret and keep silent.
He said, I love God because I cannot love the world, the love of the world is unpredictable, and the love of God is eternal, so all priests and nuns are cowards and should be ashamed. That said, it really makes sense.
When it comes to performance, Italians are never sloppy. No matter how broken their hearts are, they are still very elegant, and no matter how angry they are, they are expressed in beautiful words. Jude Law is full of drama, a saint who is trapped in himself, quite Jesus-like, and Keaton's makeup is so realistic that it makes me think she is really so old. The Secretary of State played by Orlando is also particularly in place, cunning, but also measured.
Sorrentino's lens language is too rich, editing, photography, music and lines, the whole is like a stream of images, montage can do this, I am afraid there are not many. Without the skill of Sorrentino, this TV series would have lost too much color.
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