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Mood:
- HumorousWitty
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Plot:
- ClergyMistaken IdentityReligions or CultsDishonestySocietyDisorderGangstersSwitching Roles more...
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Genres:
- ComedyIndependentAction
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- EuropeItalyRome
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Humor:
- Comedy of ErrorsIrreverent HumorSilly Humor
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Style:
- Campy
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Attitudes:
- Not SeriousRealistic
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The Pope Must Diet, 1991
English
UK
Profile of The Pope Must Diet
The Pope Must Diet can be described as witty and humorous. The plot revolves around the clergy, mistaken identities, and religions or cults. Its comic aspect comes from a comedy of errors and silly humor. The Pope Must Diet's main genres are comedy, independent, and action. In terms of style, it campy humor. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. The Pope Must Diet is located in Rome. It takes place in the 1990s.
Summary of The Pope Must Diet
The plot is predicated on the Vatican being controlled by the Mafia. The movie opens with the death of the previous Pope and the Mob's tame Cardinal (Alex Rocco) successfully persuading the College of Cardinals to elect the Mafia's favoured candidate to the papacy, Albini.
Unfortunately, the secretary of the College of Cardinals (Adrian Edmondson) is hard of hearing, and announces the similar name of an honest parish priest, Albinizi, (Robbie Coltrane) who thus becomes Pope. As the plot develops, the Pope demands to see the Vatican accounts and discovers the gun-smuggling and stolen merchandise operations, and confronts the Mob, who decide that the Pope must die.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 30 August 1991 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
Cast and Crew
as The Pope
as Cardinal Rocco
