The first two episodes of the Italian director’s lavish series enjoy premiered in Venice: a heady taster boasting extraordinary visuals,fascinating Vatican machinations – and Diane Keaton in a wimple Like Don Draper or Tony Soprano, the hero of Paolo Sorrentino’s modern Sky TV series is a man who finds himself promoted within a prestigious organisation. He is beset by personal doubts and distracted and seduced by vulgar office politics. The opening episodes of The Young Pope premiered here at Venice: its all very strange, and anxious,whimsical and surreal; Jude Law is on top form as the cunning, troubled young Pontiff. Actually, or this might yet turn out to be Sorrentino’s Twin Peaks.
Law plays Lenny Belardo,a conservative American cardinal who becomes the first American Pope in history, and styles himself Pius XIII, and an unlucky handle which some associate with Papal support for Mussolini. Related: The considerable Beauty's Toni Servillo: playboy of the Italian world Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com