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The Young Pope

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • 9h 6m
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Jude Law in The Young Pope (2016)
The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.
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The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.

  • Creator
    • Paolo Sorrentino
  • Stars
    • Jude Law
    • Diane Keaton
    • Silvio Orlando
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    46K
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    POPULARITY
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    • Creator
      • Paolo Sorrentino
    • Stars
      • Jude Law
      • Diane Keaton
      • Silvio Orlando
    • 155User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 wins & 28 nominations total

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    Jude Law
    Jude Law
    • Lenny Belardo
    Diane Keaton
    Diane Keaton
    • Sister Mary
    Silvio Orlando
    Silvio Orlando
    • Cardinal Voiello
    Javier Cámara
    Javier Cámara
    • Cardinal Gutierrez
    Scott Shepherd
    Scott Shepherd
    • Cardinal Dussolier
    Cécile de France
    Cécile de France
    • Sofia
    Ludivine Sagnier
    Ludivine Sagnier
    • Esther…
    Toni Bertorelli
    • Cardinal Caltanissetta
    James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    • Cardinal Michael Spencer
    Ignazio Oliva
    Ignazio Oliva
    • Valente
    Marcello Romolo
    Marcello Romolo
    • Don Tommaso…
    Frank Gingerich
    • Young Lenny
    Allison Case
    Allison Case
    • Young Sister Mary
    Olivia Macklin
    Olivia Macklin
    • Madre
    Daniel Vivian
    Daniel Vivian
    • Domen
    Janet Frances Baines
    • Sister Bice
    Armando Pizzuti
    Armando Pizzuti
    • Priest Triregno
    Gianluca Guidi
    • Father Amatucci
    • Creator
      • Paolo Sorrentino
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    • Trivia
      The papal clothes worn by Jude Law in his role as Pope Pius XIII were created by a store which also makes clothing for the real Vatican.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Tom Cruise/Jude Law/Catherine Tate/Cobie Smulders/Kings of Leon (2016)
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      The Dream
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    Sorrentino's The Young Pope is not the papal House of Cards
    I was among many others who rushed to compare Paolo Sorrentino's Vatican drama The Young Pope to Beau Willimon's political masterpiece House of Cards after watching the first couple of episodes of the former. Obviously, I was wrong. Despite the unmistakable similarities between the enigmatic newly-elected young American pope Lenny Belardo, a.k.a. Pius XIII, and the evil mastermind statesman Frank Underwood, both shows aim at two completely distinctive targets, and although it is true that institutional religion and politics share so much in common in terms of manipulation and intrigue, Willimon and Belardo evidently play different tunes to approach such thorny issues.

    Once you get past the third episode, you will realize that Belardo is nothing like Underwood. He might be the most diabolical pope you would see on screen but his vulnerability brings the human back into his character and makes it contradictory, yet more believable. A mixture of kindness and cruelty, faith and doubt, innocent childhood and bitter adulthood, finely portrayed by Jude Law in a role that will later be marked in his career as the departure from Hollywood's 'pretty boy' branding and an ensuing history of fumbling and the beginning of more mature choices and performances.

    The entire series is based on this kind of alluring contradiction. I'm not Catholic, not even Christian, but I honestly cannot see how this show can be offensive to anyone. Sorrentino's take on religion and the system of belief in general is very far from liberal or conservative absolutism; he uses his renowned magical aestheticism to create a space for all voices to converse – a space where religion and art collide in a supernova of beauty on every possible level. Unlike Willimon who wages a war against the political system to reveal its inherent ugliness, Sorrentino gently takes us to the heart of conservative dogma to show that religion is a personal story whose contradictory nature must be nurtured and celebrated. In the very first scene, our young pope, Lenny Belardo, struggles to crawl out of a heap of sleeping babies.

    It is a story about finding maturity in faith.

    The eccentric, brilliant mix of intellectual aestheticism and tongue-in-cheek comedy of The Young Pope is only made better by the almost perfect casting. Silvio Orlando particularly stands out as the football fanatic, Secretary of State Cardinal Voiello who even though represents the Pope's nemesis, is undoubtingly the most comic character in the series. Cheeky contradiction invades all aspects of Sorrentino's drama: narrative juxtaposition, cinematography, music… etc. Imagine listening to "I'm Sexy and I Know It" in the background of a sequence where the Vatican's most esteemed authority gets dressed for the Cardinals' address.

    Not to mention that Sorrentino's frames are a source of pleasure in their own right, I have truly enjoyed watching every minute of The Young Pope. Emotional, witty, beautiful, funny, original… the show has all elements I need to keep me anxiously waiting for a second season. Don't be long, Mr. Sorrentino!
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    • Release date
      • January 15, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
      • Spain
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Молодий Папа
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Wildside
      • Haut et Court
      • Mediapro
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      9 hours 6 minutes
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      • Stereo
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      • 1.78 : 1
      • 16:9 HD

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