First Trailer for Gianfranco Rosi’s Doc ‘In Viaggio’ About Pope Francis
by Alex Billington
November 2, 2022
Supply: YouTube
“Don’t be afraid to dream.” The Match Manufacturing unit has revealed a trailer for the following documentary made by award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi (greatest identified for Hearth at Sea and Notturno). His newest is titled In Viaggio, which interprets in Italian to En Route, by which he follows the travels of Pope Francis. Within the first 9 years of his hold forth, Pope Francis made a complete of 37 journeys to 53 nations, specializing in his most necessary points: poverty, migration, atmosphere, solidarity and warfare. Intrigued by the truth that two of Francis’s journeys, the very first to the refugees touchdown in Lampedusa and one other one in 2021 to the Center East, mirror the itineraries of his most up-to-date movies, Rosi follows the Pope’s Stations of the Cross, sees what he sees, hears what he says and creates a dialogue between archival footage of Francis’ travels, photos taken by Rosi himself, current historical past and the state of the world right now. Appears like an intriguing idea for a movie. There’s not a lot footage on this trailer, nevertheless it does look like it is value a glance (the movie is barely 80 minutes, too).
This is the official trailer (+ poster) for Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary In Viaggio, direct from YouTube:
The movie is the portrait of a person who makes us look farther and mirror on common themes. The primary problem of In Viaggio was to sofa movies made to fulfill the wants of tv in a cinematic language. Because the modifying proceeded, nevertheless, the necessity emerged to have the account of the pope’s journeys maintain a dialogue with historic materials from the archives and with items of a few of my very own movies. And eventually to shoot new scenes. One other problem was to create an ending for a movie that’s in progress, destined to stay open. A movie that in following Pope Francis’ journeys sooner or later will sort out new themes, new reflections. –Director Gianfranco Rosi
In 2013, simply after his election, Pope Francis went to Lampedusa. In 2021 he made an necessary journey to the Center East, going to Iraq & Kurdistan. The identical locations Gianfranco Rosi depicted in Fuocoammare and Notturno. Within the 9 years of his hold forth Francis has made 37 journeys, visiting 53 nations. Whether or not in Italy, Brazil, Cuba, the USA, the African continent or Southeast Asia, his itineraries have adopted the guiding thread of central themes of our time: poverty, nature, migration, condemnation of all warfare, solidarity. In a type of By way of Crucis, Francis has born witness to the struggling of the world and discovered how tough it’s to do greater than supply the consolation of his phrases and his presence Gianfranco Rosi has retraced the pope’s journeys, watching the movies which have documented them. Out of this has come his personal movie and its scheme is an very simple one: he follows the pope, seems at what he sees, listens to what he says. In observing the pontiff as he seems on the world, Rosi has established a dialogue at a distance between the archive footage of Francis’ pastoral journeys, the photographs of his personal movies, present occasions & current historical past. Making a steadiness between the linear move of time and the reminiscence of the cinema.
In Viaggio is directed by acclaimed Italian-American doc filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi, director of the doc movies Boatman, Beneath Sea Degree, El Sicario Room 164, Sacro Gra, Hearth at Sea (Fuocoammare), Notturno beforehand. Produced by Donatella Palermo and Gianfranco Rosi. This initially premiered on the 2022 Venice Movie Competition taking part in Out of Competitors. The Match Manufacturing unit is dealing with worldwide gross sales. It already opened in Italy in October this yr. No US launch date has been set but – keep tuned for updates. First impression?
