Martin Scorsese cries Pope Francis: “It’s a huge loss!”

“I had the chance to know him, and his presence, his human warmth will miss me terribly” wrote the filmmaker in his tribute to the Sovereign Pontiff, who has just left us.

They had met several times in recent years and the filmmaker had not hidden his admiration for the sovereign pontiff. Today, Martin Scorsese pay an overwhelming tribute to Pope Francis After the announcement of his death at the age of 88. The legendary filmmaker, accustomed to the Vatican, had with the head of the Catholic Church a relationship nourished by a reciprocal admiration for art and spirituality.

“There would be so much to say about the importance of Pope Francis, on what he represented for the world, for the Church, for the papacy. I will leave that to others” writing Scorse in a press release. “”He was, in all respects, a remarkable human being. He recognized his flaws. He radiated wisdom. He radiated kindly. He had an unshakable will to do good. He knew, in the depths of him, that ignorance was a terrible plague for humanity. So he never stopped learning. And never stopped lighting. And he preached, practiced, embodied forgiveness. A universal, constant forgiveness. “

In this same tribute, the Oscar -winning director continues:

“This loss touches me deeply – I had the chance to know it, and its presence, its human warmth will miss me terribly. The loss for the world is immense. But it leaves behind a light that nothing can extinguish.”

In May 2023, Scorse had met the Pope Francis to the Vatican and announced his intention to make a new film centered on Jesus – a theme that he had already explored in 1988 in The last temptation of Christ with Willem Dafoethen in 2016 in Silence with Andrew Garfield.

“I answered the Pope’s call to artists in the only way I know: by imagining and writing a scenario for a film on Jesus,” He then said. “And I’m about to start shooting it.”

But the project was put aside last year. The Life of Jesus was to finance itself without the help of the studios, and the shooting was planned in Italy, Egypt and Israel – which was able to be problematic following the conflict in the region. Maybe the death of the dad will encourage Martin Scorsese to put your project back on track …