Saving Grace

IMDb link: 0091895
IMDb rating: 7.1 (800 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Robert M. Young
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Erland Josephson, Fernando Rey, Tom Conti and others

Release date: 19 Aug 1986
Release year: 1986
Runtime: 112 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: italy, young, pope, vatican, widow, cardinal the priest, crucifix, reference to charles darwin, water wheel, easter sunday

Plot:

A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self-esteem.

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