Copyright © 2012-2020 Catholic Diocese of Savannah. The close-ups in this movie are terribly unforgiving. “It’s to show that none of the ideas, even the most far-fetched ideas you might see in the film or the play are flippant,” he said. “It gave me great comfort and a sense that we might be able to say something useful here,” he said. Each man represents and embodies a specific virtue: Benedict, the truth; Bergoglio, charity. Jonathan Pryce portrays Pope Francis and Anthony Hopkins portrays retired Pope Benedict XVI in a scene from the movie 'The Two Popes'. Anthony Hopkins is the youngest star actor born in 1937. Even though I know the conversations were made up, I’d like to believe they really could  have happened. He was born December 31, 1937 and celebrates his 82nd birthday on the last day of the year. With clever, intelligent dialogue by veteran screenwriter Anthony McCarten, they create chemistry between two very different human beings. “I was drawn to a single question: Whether sin disqualifies you as a leader, or whether — if you can come to terms with it and atone for it and learn from it — perhaps it even recommends you as a leader,” he said. By the time the credits have rolled, they seem to have moved a tad closer.”. The imagined conversations between the two men take place at Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the Pope, and in the Sistine Chapel. We see the humanity of both, their intelligence, their spirituality, their love of the church to which they have given their lives. Because its theatrical release in November was very limited, I had to wait until December 20 to view The Two Popes on Netflix. From his script for Bohemian Rhapsody to his book Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back From The Brink, McCarten is an artist with the soul of a reporter. ... We would love to continue processing with all of you! They discuss. Benedict is conservative, stubborn, and avoids people - he eats alone. During a walk in the gardens, their differences in temperament and pastoral practice become evident. In no time, the two men have accidentally wandered out of the garden and into a wilderness. Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Warren Beatty, Morgan Freeman, Vanessa Redgrave, and Hopkins all were born in 1937. There are other artistic ways to represent truth.”. The chill between them begins to thaw when the pope joins the cardinal for a more informal chat, during which each tries to connect with the other, with some success. The alluring myth of our own innocence is done away with right off the top as Pope Benedict and Cardinal Bergoglio begin their conversation in the pretty and orderly garden of the papal palace at Castel Gandolfo. Like that ongoing masterpiece dramatizing the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II, The Two Popes is “based on true [historical] events,” with many scenes portraying what might plausibly have been said by the characters in private, but is not billed as “a true story.”. The book gives you the chance to put them in.”. It’s impossible to sit through the scene and not think of Adam and Eve after the apple. “It gave me great comfort and a sense that we might be able to say something useful here,” he said. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. Thank you. Based on these facts, McCarten wrote a play, The Pope, on which his screenplay for the movie The Two Popes is based, that asks the question, “What if the two men had met sometime in 2012, and if they had, what might have transpired?” Note again that neither the play nor the film makes any claim that such a meeting actually happened. And they all still live. To make a long and multi-layered story short, the two men meet at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, a more private venue that the Vatican. McCarten’s The Two Popes is a sweeping project manifested in a stage play, a book and a movie playing theatres in limited release since Nov. 29 but available on Netflix beginning Dec. 20. "Truth may be vital, but without love it's unbearable" quote "The two popes" The Perfect Pastor's Kid. The heat and the sound of crickets become intense as both men appear lost and Benedict admits he has never been in this part of the garden. “I googled a question: ‘When was the last time a Pope resigned?’ When the number 700 years came up, the writer in me woke up,” McCarten told The Catholic Register. But Bergoglio eventually affects him. For those who want the “literal facts and so forth,” McCarten has The Two Popes: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World out in paperback, audiobook, etc. “A human face can tell a thousand words. One quote that I remember from the movie, and I don’t know if it came out of one of their speeches for real or not, is this:  Benedict says:  “the truth is vital” and Francis responds with: “yes, the truth is vital, but without love, it is unbearable.”. The one is an eminent theologian, cerebral and rigid. “- Pope Benedict: In 1978, we had three popes. Unlike many media companies, The Catholic Register has never charged readers for access to the news and information on our website. To get at the truth, he has made up a fictional dialogue between the Church’s two living popes. Needless to say, the scenery is magnificent, whether they are in the gardens or a small sitting room there in the summer residence, with a piano for Benedict to play, or in the beautiful chapel itself. The writers. The Two Popes is a Master Class in acting. But as the two men's relationship grows, together they watch the finals of the World Cup, and root for the opposite sides - Germany and Argentina, and Benedict experiences being a winning fan. “The themes in this story turned out to be in the bloodstream,” he said. “I was drawn to a single question: Whether sin disqualifies you as a leader, or whether — if you can come to terms with it and atone for it and learn from it — perhaps it even recommends you as a leader,” he said. Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI, and Jonathan Pryce as Argentinean Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who becomes Pope Francis, are at the top of their game/ritual. Clearly recognizing the genre (historical fiction) of these productions can help audiences appreciate them all the more and evaluate them more justly. Change, in any institution, is difficult and all of us know the problems facing 21st century Catholicism. If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. “In the Church, I found a kind of perfect analogue to the world,” he said. I recommend this movie…and  like to think:  Where two or three are gathered in God’s name, anything is possible. “It's not easy to entrust oneself to God's, “- Pope Benedict: You talk about walls as if they are, “When no one is to blame, everyone is to blame.”. “Truth may be vital, but without love, it is unbearable. It's a phenomenon. Eventually the Cardinal says, "Truth may be vital, but without love it is unbearable.". "Love without truth is blind'truth without love is empty." I recently went with a friend to see the movie, “The Two Popes.”  I certainly was intrigued to see how the two very different men would be portrayed. The alluring myth of our own innocence is done away with right off the top as Pope Benedict and Cardinal Bergoglio begin their conversation in the pretty and orderly garden of the papal palace at Castel Gandolfo. The heat and the sound of crickets become intense as both men appear lost and Benedict admits he has never been in this part of the garden. As Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio absolves his Pope, he says, “May God grant you His pardon and peace and I absolve you of your sins. It’s like the Platonic idea that all learning was remembering. When director Fernando Meirelles veers back to that war, the film loses some of its engaging quality. He wants to get at the essence of what’s going on. In a culture without truth, this is the fatal risk facing love. “The Church is one of the great global institutions and its fate is linked to that of the world in general. “There were issues that I had been living with subconsciously for a long time and they found expression in this story.”. with Flatiron Books. “I thought, ‘There’s a story here somewhere.’ ”. They disagree. “Intellectually and spiritually, they are venturing into some unknown and quite dangerous territory,” said McCarten. He sees the Cardinal as a threat. Truth quotes: the most famous and inspiring movie truth quotes from film, tv series, cartoons and animated films by Movie Quotes .com . They agree. The audience learns, partly through flashbacks, what each considers his greatest pastoral failure, eliciting sympathy from the audience for both. It’s impossible to sit through the scene and not think of Adam and Eve after the apple.

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