ROME — Few conspiracy theories fascinate conspiracy theorist Italians more than conspiracy theorists. Disappearance of 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican official who disappeared outside the Opus Dei church in 1983. KGB, Italian mafia, Russian mafia, Turkish terrorists, etc. but, vatican girla new Netflix documentary about the case points out, “Each theory has a piece of truth, but all roads lead to the Vatican.”
The Daily Beast previewed the four-part series ahead of its release Thursday — OK, binge — and no documentary to date has come close to the bones of Cold Case from nearly 40 years ago. excavated, gangster lover interviewedWhen international terrorism plot I analyzed it trying to figure out if Orlandi was alive and if not, who killed her and why.
Director Mark Lewis (Don’t Mess with Cats: Hunt the Internet Killer) reveals some new pieces of the puzzle. Among them was Orlandi’s appearance on the day Pope John Paul II addressed a horde of Solidarity followers in Poland (rumored to be funded by Vatican funds with mafia ties). Including the rarely mentioned fact that it disappeared. He also introduces a new witness who claims Orlandi, who lived inside the Vatican fortress, was sexually assaulted by the Cardinal and the secret was used to blackmail the church. , said that sifting through stories with so many leads means taking some distance. he said. “A story has a set of theories, a set of clues.”
The series is also a love letter to Rome, an old-school documentary with photographs that look like a tourist campaign in Rome and grainy footage from the Orlandi family archives that brings the missing girl to life. The project was aided by the fact that much of it was filmed during his COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. That meant Lewis and his crew were able to film empty Rome after the curfew. He also came across footage of Orlandi after asking about a bag of old film reels under Pietro Orlandi’s desk.
Orlandi lived with his family inside Vatican City in an apartment paid for by the Pope as a privilege of his father’s work. The Orlandi family, who “served” the Church under seven popes, now surviving brother Pietro, has devoted his life to pestering various popes to dig up the truth and loom large in the series. The landlord still lives there, even though Orlandi’s brothers openly accuse the landlord of the girl’s disappearance. Pietro has told the Daily Beast on several occasions that only the Vatican’s elite know the truth of his sister’s fate.
Highlights of the docuseries include the case, including an attempt by Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca to kill Pope John Paul II, and the possible kidnapping of Orlandi by American terrorists. This is how Lewis weaves a tapestry from the threads of the most incredible conspiracies. KGB to silence him.
Luis also interviews a cast of characters who are proud of Federico Fellini and serve to underpin the endemic, secretive-driven corruption that has swirled around the Vatican for centuries. Woven is “God’s Banker” Roberto Calvi (with a stone in his pocket) under a bridge in London, tied to the deceitful Machiavellian act of American Cardinal Paul Marcinx. A sprinkling of murders and Mafia, including the hanging of He also spent time with the aging mistress of the head of a Roman criminal gang known as the Banda della Mariana, whose grave was in the same Opus Dei church where Orlandi disappeared.
In unraveling a conspiracy that goes awry, Lewis goes back to sex, lies, and God’s Man on Earth to construct a case in which the teen kidnappers blackmailed the Vatican into a number of complex tactics. We succeeded in talking.
Luis also counts on the charismatic Italian journalist Andrea Purgatori. As his noble guide, Andrea Purgatori has made his career obsessed with the case. At one point in the second episode, Purgatori makes a central point that all the crimes related to the conspiracy around Orlandi were “perpetrated by the same people, the Mafia, to the same target, the Vatican, with the same message.” summarizes the theme. we will get our money back.
“Purgatori summarizes the central theme that all the crimes related to the conspiracy around Orlandi were committed “by the same people aimed at the same target, the Vatican: the Mafia. Give us back our money.” Please” is the same message.”
Some of the most tense testimony involved Marco Assetti, who claimed to be an “American,” or Orlando to make a deal to free the Turks who would be the assassins of Pope John Paul II. It’s from a guy I called home and talked to. He says his voice matches the police tape recording perfectly, and in a haunting scene, Lewis has both the suspect and the officer describe calls from both sides of the phone. , entered the story by returning Orlandi’s flute, which he said he hid in the studio of film producer Dino De Laurentiis, but Lewis deftly backs up and eliminates Assetti as the prime suspect in the case. To do.
The series focuses on another girl who was kidnapped just before Orlandi, last seen on May 7, 1983, by Mirella Gregori, who may or may not be related to Orlandi’s disappearance. It is also folded into a popular theory. Neither girl, dead or alive, has been found.
But the story gets to the heart of the matter in the final episode. A friend of hers who knew Orlandi before she was kidnapped said she was “haunted” by a cardinal who was on Orlandi’s side weeks before her friend went missing. Pope in the Vatican Gardens. A friend of hers said Emanuela confided in her about the inappropriate behavior of her sexual nature. A few days later she disappeared.
Lewis also intended to itemize the costs associated with Orlandi’s stay in a London convent for over 14 years, ending with “final paperwork” and almost certainly a corpse back to Rome. Explore the discovery of leaked Vatican documents that
Will we ever find out what happened to the Vatican girl? Probably not, but Pietro Orlandi, the brother of the victim, said, “The only thing I know for sure is that the Vatican is telling the truth. It means that you know