ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióAfter flying to Central and South America, they bused through countries where they didn’t speak the language and walked through unfamiliar jungle to get to the U.S.-Mexico border.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendició“We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented,” Francis told an empty St. Peter’s Square in March 2020. Calling for a rethink of the global economic framework, he said the pandemic showed the need for “all of us to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other.”ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióWorld leaders on Monday
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióto the marginalized. French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country is largely Catholic, wrote on X: “From Buenos Aires to Rome, Pope Francis wanted the church to bring joy and hope to the poorest. ... May this hope forever outlast him.”ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióFlags flew at half-staff in Italy, and crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square. When the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica began tolling, tourists stopped in their tracks to record the moment on their phones.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióJohann Xavier, who traveled from Australia, hoped to see the pope during his visit. “But then we heard about it when we came in here. It pretty much devastated all of us,’’ he said.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióFrancis’ death sets off aólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióof allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican officials in the Santa Marta chapel and then in St. Peter’s for the general public, followed by a
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióto elect a new pope.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióAs the sun was setting on Monday evening, the Vatican held a Rosary prayer in St. Peter’s Square in its first public commemoration.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióBut Shula, portrayed by Susan Chardy, does not behave in a way that we would expect. She doesn’t cry out in horror or appear the least bit upset or shocked by the sight. Instead, we sit there with her in silence, her in sunglasses and a silver helmeted mask adorned with sparkling rhinestones. Shula looks straight out of a music video as she stares off into the distance. This, we realize quickly, is going to be a thing. At the very least, it’s an inconvenience, ripping her out of her independent life and back into the throes of her traditional family, their patriarchal ways and all their crippling secrets.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióThis is the opening scene of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,”ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendiciódarkly comedic, stylish and hauntingly bizarre portrait of a Zambian family funeral. It is perhaps the first great film of 2025 — though it’s technically been awaiting its moment in the United States since 2024. It premiered last year at the
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióand has already had a run in the U.K.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióto have something this great in the cinemas to shake audiences out of their end-of-the-road awards contender boredom. What better way to do it than with something so different, so vibrant and so unforgettable as “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” only the second feature from the self-taught filmmaker.