One year after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV (Tom Conti) fears that his title's trappings have led him away from the real troubles of the people. Leo's feeling of helplessness is further fueled when he meets Isabella (Marta Zoffoli), a young deaf girl who has hitchhiked to the
Vatican, hoping Leo would provide her village with a priest. After discussing his troubles with Cardinal Stefano Biondi (Fernando Rey), Leo dons everyday clothing and goes to work in the Vatican garden. When he is accidentally locked out, he decides to go to Isabella's poverty-stricken village and
deal with the people's troubles firsthand. This amiable story works well, thanks larg...
Released:
1986
Rated:
PG
Length:
112 mins