| Director: | Giorgio Capitani |
| Starring: | Neri Marcorè |
| Composer: | Marco Frisina |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
| Editor: | Antonio Siciliano |
| Cinematography: | Claudio Sabatini |
| Runtime: | 180 min. |
| Network: | Rai 1 |
Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (Italian: Papa Luciani - Il sorriso di Dio) is a 2006 Italian television movie written and directed by Giorgio Capitani. The film is based on real life events of Roman Catholic Pope John Paul I.[1] [2] [3]
Contrary to his father's socialist views, Albino Luciani (the Pope's birth name) entered the lower seminary in Feltre. After being ordained a priest in 1935, he became a vicar in his home parish. Then, while teaching theology at the seminary, he wrote a doctoral dissertation. In 1958 he became a bishop of Vittorio Veneto, in 1973 a cardinal, and a pope in 1978.[4]