POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Pope Francis, Daniele De Angelis, Carlo Falconetti, Evo Morales, Ignazio Oliva, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Stephen Hawking, John Kerry, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Samantha Power, Shimon Peres, Vladmir Putin, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Wim Wenders

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire), director, writer, producer; David Rosier (The Salt of the Earth), writer, producer; Andrea Gambetta (Evviva Giuseppe), Samanta Gandolfi Branca (L’Esercito Più Piccolo del Mondo) and Alessandro Lo Monaco (Evviva Giuseppe), producers; Laurent Petitgand (Cowboy Angels), composer; Lisa Rinzler (Welcome to Collinwood), cinematographer; Maxine Goedicke (This Ain’t California), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Filmmaker Wim Wenders follows around and conducts several interviews with Jorge Mario Bergoglio, better known to the world as Pope Francis, as he balances life as the head of the Catholic Church…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This documentary, put together by filmmaker Wim Wenders, presents an exclusive look at the life of a Pope in the modern era, complete with footage of the pontiff meeting several world leaders and interviews with the man himself.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST 2018

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