The Two Popes

2019 125 min ★ 7.5 Drama, History

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.

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Cast

Jonathan Pryce

Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis

Anthony Hopkins

Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI

Juan Minujín

Young Jorge Bergoglio

Luis Gnecco

Cardinal Hummes

Cristina Banegas

Lisabetta

María Ucedo

Esther Ballestrine

Renato Scarpa

Camerlengo

Sidney Cole

Cardinal Turkson

Achille Brugnini

Cardinal Martini

Federico Torre

Protodeacon Estevez

Details

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Tagline

"Inspired by true events."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$232,638

Production

Rideback

Reviews

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Manuel São Bento

December 30, 2019

★ 7/10

Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce deliver two award-worthy performances, elevating a surprisingly humorous story about religion. Not a fan of the editing and the film goes on for a bit too long. Rating: B

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CinemaSerf

March 27, 2022

★ 7/10

This is quite a clever piece of work. Both performances demonstrate a complex, sometimes conflicted, humanity in a touching and thought-provoking way. Hopkins, as the scholarly Benedict XVI coming to realise that he no longer feels capable - for various reasons - to remain Pontiff and Pryce as Cardinal Bergoglio with whom he has little in common, and who has come to Rome to seek his permission to ...