The Two Popes
2019 · Movie · PG-13 · 125 min · ★ 7.5 · 82% critics
A weary church leader asks to step away, but is instead called into a private meeting with the one person who most challenges his views. Their conversations explore faith, doubt, responsibility, and the struggle to guide an institution facing change and scandal.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-11-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (3,149 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy talky, thoughtful dramas like Darkest Hour with warmth and moral reflection; Not for you if you want fast pacing or action.
Pros: outstanding lead performances; warm humor; thoughtful faith debates | Cons: slightly too long; disputed accuracy; uneven backstory sections
Themes
- vatican (holy see)
- pope
- based on true story
- catholic
- roman catholic church
- catholicism
- cardinal
- conclave
- papal conclave
- sistine chapel
Cast & crew
Jonathan Pryce
as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
Anthony Hopkins
as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
Juan Minujín
as Young Jorge Bergoglio
Luis Gnecco
as Cardinal Hummes
Cristina Banegas
as Lisabetta
María Ucedo
as Esther Ballestrine
Renato Scarpa
as Camerlengo
Sidney Cole
as Cardinal Turkson
Achille Brugnini
as Cardinal Martini
Federico Torre
as Protodeacon Estevez
Directed by Fernando Meirelles