He is considered one of the pillars of contemporary German cinema, together with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz. Let's talk about Wim Wenders and his works (in some cases "masterpieces") that have profoundly marked the history of European cinema speak for him. For feature films we mention – in our opinion – the best: During the tempor 1976, The American friend of 1977, Paris, Texas of 1984, The sky above Berlin 1987 while for documentaries we remember Buena Vista Social Club 1999 and The salt of the earth (magnificent!) dedicated to the great photographer Sebastião Salgado in 2014.
We talk about it because it was introduced to Cannes in recent days the documentary Pope francesco. A man of his word made by Wim Wenders, commissioned by Vatican Media and produced by Samanta Gandolfi Branca, Alessandro Lo Monaco and Andrea Gambetta. The theatrical release is scheduled first in the United States on May 18th. Among the proposals at Cannes this year (out of competition) it has raised considerable interest because every time the German director picks up the camera he deserves special attention. Not only and not so much for its recognized and indisputable qualities but also because, in this case, it deals with a theme, a subject, of particular relevance: the role, the moral weight, the global figure of the current Pontiff.
The film is composed of archival material and direct interviews. There are images of some of his most significant pastoral journeys and four moments of direct dialogue where the most important themes among those addressed by Pope Francis are addressed: first of all the family, and then justice, the environment, the great phenomena of migration , inequality between peoples and materialism (it is worth mentioning when it refers to the two masters where one of them is money). The Pope has chosen to extend the range of his preaching through the cinema, after having also consolidated the terrain of the Internet.
We have only seen the trailer of the film and we hope not to say heresies if we maintain that Pope Bergoglio represents the perfect synthesis of audiovisual communication of the modern era. First of all his face, capable of representing all the infinite emotions of human nature. The close-up of him, even without sound, is capable of speaking more than a hundred words. Like the best actors on the scene, he possesses a natural ability to express feelings perfectly. The sequences of the crowds who flock to meet him are not unlike those of the great cinematographic blockbusters.
We look forward to seeing it soon in Italian cinemas.
