German director Wim Wenders has made
a documentary on Pope Francis in which the pontiff speaks to the
audience, the SIR news agency said Friday.
The doc, entitled Pope Francis, A Man Of His Word, will see
Francis tackling issues dear to his heart like ecology,
migration, consumerism and social justice, SIR said.
Wenders agreed the project with Msgr Dario Viganò, the Holy
See's communications pointman.
SIR reported that it was publicly announcing the film-making
project, shared with Mgr. Dario E. Viganò, Prefect of the
Secretariat for Communications of the Holy See.
It noted that Wenders had received several Oscar nominations
with the documentaries "Buena Vista Social Club", "Pina" and
"The Salt of the Earth", and was awarded the Palme d'Or at the
Cannes Film Festival with "Paris, Texas", and the Golden Lion at
Venice with "The State of Things".
It described the project as "a documentary film in which, for
the first time, Francis, that is, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the
266th Pope of the Catholic Church, will tell his story directly
to the audience."
SIR said "Francis will address topics dear to his heart such
as ecology, migration, consumerism or social justice, by
answering questions put to him from the peripheries of the
world".
Internationally distributed by Focus Features, which is part
of the NBCUniversal Group, the film Pope Francis, A man of his
word" is produced by Wim Wenders himself with Samanta Gandolfi
Branca, Alessandro Lo Monaco ("The World's Smallest Army"),
Andrea Gambetta and David Rosier ("The Salt of the Earth").
The film production is by Célestes Images, Vatican Television
Centre, Solares Fondazione delle Arti, PTS Art's Factory, Neue
Road Movies, Fondazione Solares Suisse, and Decia Films.
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