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Toni Bertorelli | ... | |
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Ignazio Oliva | ... |
Valente
10 episodes, 2016
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Marcello Romolo | ... |
Don Tommaso
9 episodes, 2016
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| Allison Case | ... | ||
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Madre
7 episodes, 2016
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| Armando Pizzuti | ... |
Priest Triregno
7 episodes, 2016
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Gianluca Guidi | ... |
Father Amatucci
6 episodes, 2016
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Vladimir Bibic | ... |
Ozolins
6 episodes, 2016
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Ramón García | ... | |
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| Sara Lazzaro | ... |
Cloistered Nun
6 episodes, 2016
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Matteo Lai | ... |
Tour Guide
6 episodes, 2016
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Nadee Kammellaweera | ... | |
| Maurizio Lombardi | ... |
Cardinal Mario Assente
5 episodes, 2016
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Jacob Desvarieux | ... |
African Cardinal
5 episodes, 2016
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| Jack McQuaid | ... |
Young Dussolier
5 episodes, 2016
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Padre
5 episodes, 2016
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Young and charming, newly elected Pius XIII, aka Lenny Belardo, is the first American Pope in history. His ascension appears to be the result of a simple, effective media strategy implemented by the College of Cardinals. In the Vatican, however, the prevailing wisdom is the church's leaders have chosen a mysterious figure as their guiding force. And Pius XIII proves to be the most mysterious and contradictory of them all. As Belardo begins his reign, he is stubbornly resistant to the Vatican stewards, instead relying on Sister Mary to serve as his chief adviser. While she urges him to focus on leading his billion followers, the young pope shows little interest in making himself known, either to the College of Cardinals or to the masses. The 10-episode drama series stars Jude Law in the title role and Diane Keaton as Sister Mary, a nun from the U.S. now living in Vatican City.
This my first review only because I read two bad reviews and feel it may not have given it real justice. They say it is predictable, uninspiring, trying to be something original. That being said it is probably true to a degree but you have to keep watching. At first all these things are presented too show the facade of what we already know
- the scandals - but it fades and introduces new questions. For someone
who bores at the fact of church going this was rather intriguing. Jude Law is great as the young American pope. I feel he plays with the subtle conflicts so well; vanity, power, pious yet struggles, scathing but is a visionary.It does offer itself in the end a nice change to what is already out there. Refreshing that is isn't another zombie, crime, legal, quirky comedy or supernatural or super powers, or medieval bloody TV series.