Nanni Moretti	...	(Director)
Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo	...	(Writer)
Michel Piccoli	...	Il papa
Jerzy Stuhr	...	Il portavoce
Renato Scarpa	...	Cardinal Gregori
Franco Graziosi	...	Cardinal Bollati
Camillo Milli	...	Cardinal Pescardona
Roberto Nobile	...	Cardinal Cevasco
Ulrich von Dobschütz	...	Cardinal Brummer
Gianluca Gobbi	...	Guardia svizzera
Nanni Moretti	...	Lo psicoanalista
Margherita Buy	...	La psicoanalista
Camilla Ridolfi	...	Bambina
Leonardo Della Bianca	...	Giulio
Dario Cantarelli	...	Attore
Manuela Mandracchia	...	Attrice
Rossana Mortara	...	Attrice

Summary: At the Vatican, following the demise of the Pope, the conclave to elect his successor settles on Cardinal Melville. But the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square wait in vain for the new Pope to step out on the balcony. What is going on? Behind the thick walls of the Vatican panic has set in. After uttering a terrible howl of fear, the Cardinal refuses the office. The officials do everything to try to reason with Melville, including a psychoanalyst, appointed by the Vatican... Do we really have a Pope?