Part of Member Screenings
Two Popes
Guests Expected
Writer Anthony McCarten is expected to attend and participate in a post-screening Q&A.
Description
From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of City of God, and three-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten, comes an intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress, guilt and forgiveness, as these two very different men confront their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world. Inspired by true events.
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Film Details
Language English
Year 2019
Runtime 126
Country UK/Italy/Argentina/USA
Director Fernando Meirelles
Producer Dan Lin, Jonathan Eirich, Tracey Seaward
Writer Anthony McCarten
Editor Fernando Stutz
Cinematographer César Charlone
Music Bryce Dessner
Cast Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins
Print Source Netflix