{"id":2151359,"date":"2025-11-12T12:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2151359"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:06:35","slug":"pope-leo-reels-off-four-favourite-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pope-leo-reels-off-four-favourite-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo reels off four favourite films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pope Leo XIV has revealed his four favourite films ahead of a special audience with Hollywood\u00a0celebrities and Oscar-winning directors at the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Leo, the first pope from the United States, picked tearjerkers including Frank Capra&#8217;s classic 1946 film &#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life&#8221; with James Stewart, in which an angel is sent from heaven to help a desperate family man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Chicago-born pontiff said in a video released by the Vatican Wednesday that his other picks include Robert Wise&#8217;s musical &#8220;The Sound of Music&#8221; (1965) and Robert Redford&#8217;s family drama &#8220;Ordinary People&#8221; (1980).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He finished with Roberto Benigni&#8217;s &#8220;Life Is Beautiful&#8221; (1997), about a father trying to shield his son from the horrors of a WWII concentration camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Vatican said Leo had picked &#8220;the films that are most significant to him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Leo, who was elected in May, will hold a special audience Saturday at the Vatican&#8217;s Apostolic Palace with stars including Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, Viggo Mortensen, Dave Franco and Monica Bellucci.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Directors including Spike Lee, Judd Apatow, George Miller and Giuseppe Tornatore of &#8220;Cinema Paradiso&#8221; fame are also expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 70-year-old pontiff hopes &#8220;to deepen dialogue with the World of Cinema&#8230; exploring the possibilities that artistic creativity offers to the mission of the Church and the promotion of human values,&#8221; the Vatican said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event is being organised by the Vatican as part of the Catholic Church&#8217;s Holy Year celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ide\/ams\/fg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV has revealed his four favourite films ahead of a special audience with Hollywood\u00a0celebrities and Oscar-winning directors at the Vatican. 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