In the Pope's Eye

In the Pope's Eye
Directed by	Renzo Arbore
Produced by	Mario Orfini; Emilio Bolles
Written by	Renzo Arbore; Luciano De Crescenzo
Starring	Renzo Arbore; Roberto Benigni
Music by	Renzo Arbore
Cinematography	Luciano Tovoli
Release date	1980;
Running time	110 min (original cut) 98 min (home video cut);
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

In the Pope's Eye (Italian: Il pap'occhio) is a 1980 Italian comedy film written and directed by Renzo Arbore.

It was released in September 1980, and it was heavily attacked by the Catholic press. Three weeks later it was confiscated "for insulting the Catholic religion and the person of the Holy Pope" on the orders of the L'Aquila prosecutor Donato Massimo Bartolomei.[1][2][3]

The film grossed 5 billion lire being the 5th best grossing film in Italy in the 1980/1981 season.[1]

Plot

Musician Renzo Arbore has a vision of Don Gabriel, who comes bringing an Annunciation from the Vatican: Gabriel announces that Pope John Paul II, watching television, was impressed by a beer commercial in which Arbore was the spokesman. Arbore is thus to be hired as the artistic director of the newly-formed but poorly organized Vatican State Television. Following this announcement, Arbore and his company arrive at the Vatican to begin work. Meanwhile, Cardinal Richelieu, a bigoted conservative prelate, plots to destroy the initiative and ruin Arbore.

Cast

Renzo Arbore as Himself
Roberto Benigni as Himself
Isabella Rossellini as Herself
Andy Luotto as Himself
Mario Marenco as Himself
Manfred Freyberger as Pope John Paul II
Michael Pergolani as Himself
Otto e Barnelli as Themselves
Sorelle Bandiera as Themselves
Diego Abatantuono as Don Gabriele
Luciano De Crescenzo as God
Graziano Giusti as Cardinal Richelieu
Fabrizio Zampa as Zampa
Milly Carlucci as TV Announcing Nun
Mariangela Melato as Unchosen actress who plays "The Daughter of Iorio"
Ruggero Orlando as Himself
Martin Scorsese as TV Director
Silvia Annichiarico as Arbore's Secretary

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References

"Cinema: 'Pap'occhio' in dvd, Arbore "oggi non farei film sul Papa". Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
Irene Bignardi (19 October 1998). "Musical stravagante per niente blasfemo". La Repubblica. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer,1999. ISBN 8820029197.

External links

In the Pope's Eye on IMDb

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[vff-1] "Cinema: 'Pap'occhio' in dvd, Arbore "oggi non farei film sul Papa". Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

[2] Irene Bignardi (19 October 1998). "Musical stravagante per niente blasfemo". La Repubblica. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

[stracult-3] Marco Giusti. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer,1999. ISBN 8820029197.