WIM WENDERS’ DOCUMENTARY FEATURE POPE FRANCIS - A MAN OF HIS WORD SET FOR MAY 18, 2018 U.S. RELEASE BY FOCUS FEATURES Focus Features has announced Wim Wender’s Pope Francis - A Man of His Word will open domestically in the U.S. on May 18, 2018. The film’s U.S. release announcement today coincides with Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent for Christians around the world. Universal Pictures International will distribute internationally. Written and directed by three-time Academy Award® nominee Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Pina, The Salt of the Earth), the documentary is a rare co-production with the Vatican, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and the Pope addressing his audience directly, answering the world’s questions on life, death, social justice, immigration, ecology, wealth inequality, materialism and the role of the family. Pope Francis - A Man of His Word is intended to be a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical documentary a