Season 1
His religion is revolution.
Synopsis
The Young Pope (2016), Season 1 — ten episodes, watch online on iFILM. An HBO and Sky Atlantic co-production directed by Paolo Sorrentino, which means the Vatican here feels like a Baroque opera rather than a civics lesson.
Lenny Belardo — Jude Law — becomes Pope Pius XIII, the youngest and first American pontiff in Church history, and begins dismantling expectations from day one. Hard-right theology, near-total invisibility to the public, zero patience for the political machinery that elected him. Cardinal Voiello (Silvio Orlando) starts scheming almost immediately. Sister Mary (Diane Keaton), who raised the orphaned Lenny, has moved into the Vatican and brought her own agenda with her. Underneath the provocations runs a quieter thread: a man abandoned as a child who never found his parents — and whether someone carrying that wound actually believes what he preaches is a question the season keeps circling without answering.
Sorrentino builds slowly and deliberately, more images than explanations. Stream The Young Pope Season 1 online on iFILM.
10 episodes
S1·E1First Episode (1)
Newly elected Pope Pius XIII, a.k.a. Lenny Belardo, defies Vatican expectations as he begins his reign.
S1·E2First Episode (2)
Lenny sets down the ground rules for his first speech at St. Peter's. Cardinal Spencer spurns an olive branch.
S1·E3Second Episode
After his inaugural speech makes it clear that he will not be manipulated, Lenny makes enemies within the Vatican. However, he gains one ardent follower.
S1·E4Third Episode
Believing that the only way to end Lenny's papacy is to involve him in a scandal, Cardinal Secretary of State Voiello blackmails Ester to seduce the pontiff.
S1·E5Fourth Episode
Lenny enjoys a night away from the Vatican with a childhood friend, whilst Voiello has a crisis of conscience when an opportunity presents itself.
S1·E6Fifth Episode
Nine months into Lenny's papacy, he gives his first audience to the Italian prime minister. Dussolier carries out a controversial edict.
S1·E7Sixth Episode
Dussollier blames himself after a tragedy and returns to Honduras. With Lenny's supporters dwindling, he questions whether his papacy is coming to an end.
S1·E8Seventh Episode
Reeling from a personal loss, Pope Pius XIII makes an impulsive decision to visit Africa, meeting a revered missionary who stirs mixed feelings inside him.
S1·E9Eighth Episode
Gutierrez is dejected by his failure to find evidence against Cardinal Kurtwell, but a new witness may be able to give him what he is looking for.
S1·E10Ninth Episode
Pope Pius XIII prepares to reveal himself publicly for the first time in a pastoral visit to Venice, but not before settling some scores.
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