Elected pope but unrecognized and hiding out in Rome, an old man watches a theater rehearsal and mouths words by Chekhov, his childhood idol. It’s among the many amusing and affecting scenes of director Nanni Moretti’s film “We Have a Pope” (“Habemus Papam,” the traditional announcement when cardinals elect a new pontiff), screening at the San Francisco Film Society’s New Italian Cinema program this week.
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