The Two Popes

About The Two Popes

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. 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.

Fernando Meirelles's The Two Popes is a 2019 history film. Released in November 2019, it runs 125 minutes.

Its themes are catholic, roman catholic church, catholicism, and vatican (holy see). The film began as real events.

Jonathan Pryce stars as Jorge Bergoglio, Anthony Hopkins as Joseph Ratzinger, Juan Minujín as Young Jorge Bergoglio, and Luis Gnecco as Cardinal Hummes. The screenplay is by Anthony McCarten. Produced by Rideback. American members can watch it on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Conclave, Spotlight, and Holy Silence make useful companions to The Two Popes, all filed under cardinal and papal conclave. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 3,243 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.