Thomas Heise’s film reframes Pope Benedict XVI’s September 2011 visit to Erfurt not as a triumphal “Pope-mania” spectacle but as a meticulously orchestrated state ritual. In austere black-and-white, the omnipresent pontiff yields to police, snipers, security guards and a nervous premier, all in rigid protocol amidst Thuringia’s Catholic enclave. Under the cathedral’s slogan, “We are all together in our beliefs,” Heise quietly asks whether such choreographed faith still holds meaning.
The Great Sacrifice
Drama, Romance
6.5
When the Stars Shine Hope Reading
Documentary
5.0
Niepewność. Zakochany Mickiewicz
Drama, Romance, History
4.8
One More Piton
Documentary, Adventure
8.0
Mrs. Ladybug
Animation
0.0
Paramparça
Drama, Crime, Thriller
7.0
Nobody Leaves Alive
Drama, Thriller
7.0
We're in the Navy Now
Comedy
5.6
Kaddour à Paris
Drama
10.0
Made in U.S.A.
Crime, Drama, Adventure
5.8
Coy Decoy
Animation
7.3
Invisible Children
Documentary
6.2
Dave Merheje: Good Friend Bad Grammar
Comedy
7.0
Abstract Experiment in Kodachrome
Animation
5.8
Perejil Island
History, Comedy
5.2
My Love, My Umbrella
Comedy
10.0
007 in Egypt
Documentary
7.5
The Boy Who Liked Deer
Drama
6.2
The Ring's Journey
Comedy
8.5
Down the Stretch
Drama
5.5