At Christmas on Netflix «Stories of a generation», Ercolani’s docuseries. Dialogue on love, dreams, struggle, work between Bergoglio and Spadaro, director of Civiltà Cattolica. Among the guests the director Martin Scorsese
VATICAN CITY. “One two three four. Do you feel well or do you not feel? ‘ It begins with the microphone test of a relaxed and intrigued Pope Francis Stories of a Generation, the new four-episode Netflix docu-series inspired by Sharing the Wisdom of Time, the award-winning book written by the Pontiff edited by his father Antonio Spadaro, published by Loyola Press (in Italy by Marsilio, 2018). The documentary – by Simona Ercolani, with the editorial consultancy of Spadaro and produced by Stand By Me, partner of Asacha Media Group – was presented yesterday at the Rome Film Festival with the world premiere screening of the first episode, “Love”, and will be fully available on Netflix from Christmas.
It is a meeting between generations, women and men over 70 from all over the world who narrate themselves in front of the lens of filmmakers under 30. Each of the four episodes touches on one of the great themes that unite the human being: love, dreams, struggle , work.
Fil rouge: the dialogue between the two Jesuits, the Bishop of Rome and the director of Civiltà Cattolica. Francesco shows himself not only in the role of spiritual guide, but also in that of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a man among men, who shares his life experience with personal anecdotes. For example, talk about the Tango. “Do you like it?” Asks Spadaro; “Yup”. “Have you ever danced it?”; “Yes,” he replies with a big laugh. He describes it: «Leading and being guided, having the responsibility to take care of the other… are all images of tenderness, aren’t they? The tango is a melody that evokes nostalgia and hope ». And then he reveals: in January 1970 «I learned that the great Argentine tango singer Azucena Maizani was very ill. I had been a priest for a month. I gave her the extreme anointing ».
“Holy Father, what is love?” «It makes me wonder: ‘What is air?’. I could tell you that love is a feeling, the electricity running through an organism. But what is love as such? », He reflects. And he says: «When I confess to young married couples, I ask them something: ‘Do you play with your children?’ This is the key. The free game. Love is free or it is not love ». And then, “it cannot be conceptualized. For example – and it happened to me too – one of the things that annoys a sick person the most is when the priest goes to see him and starts saying: “God is with you”, and other similar things ». Or when “a relative goes to see him, his aunt or grandmother, who talk to him …”. In reality, “they are not comforting him, because there is no love there. To love a sick person means to put yourself in his shoes ». A sufferer «wants to be looked at, held by the hand, but with his mouth closed. This is how closeness is expressed. Love is closeness ».
For the first time, Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese reveals aspects of his life and everyday life through an intimate interview, shot by his daughter, the director and actress Francesca, and accompanied by unpublished family videos. And the Pope remembers when he came to him: he was with his wife “sick, while he was the” big star “, yet he said:” It is she who interests me. It’s more important than all my successes, all my films. This woman is all I care about ”. It was a priority. He showed his love. This deserves more awards than his films, which are exceptional, ”says Francesco.
The existence of Vito Fiorino, an ice cream maker from Lampedusa, changed forever on October 3, 2013, when he rescued 47 drowning castaways on his small boat. Some become like his “children”.
Scorsese and Fiorino speak of paternity, on which the Pope also dwells: «You are a father when you take care of your son, of his sufferings. Suffer and then move on. You don’t become a father because you have fathered a son. No, that doesn’t make you a father. Biologically yes. But to be a true father means to pass your being on to the child, not to generate one. In life, what makes you a father is your commitment to the existence, the limits, the greatness, the development of this person to whom you have given life and whom you have seen grow ”. After losing her daughter during the dictatorship of the generals in Argentina and losing the traces of her nephew, Estela Barnes de Carlotto gives life to the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo movement, a group of indomitable old women who set out in search of all the missing children . Estela will find him, her nephew, after 36 years.
The Pope says: “A beautiful alpine song goes: in the art of climbing, what matters is not to avoid falling, but not to stay on the ground”.
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