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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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Contemplative, classical in form, character-led and prestige.
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Jonathan PryceJorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
- Anthony HopkinsJoseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
- Juan MinujínYoung Jorge Bergoglio
- Luis GneccoCardinal Hummes
- Cristina BanegasLisabetta
- María UcedoEsther Ballestrine
- Renato ScarpaCamerlengo
- Sidney ColeCardinal Turkson
- Achille BrugniniCardinal Martini
- Federico TorreProtodeacon Estevez
Crew
- Fernando MeirellesDirector
- Anthony McCartenWriter
- César CharloneDirector of Photography
- Bryce DessnerOriginal Music Composer
- Fernando StutzEditor
- Leticia CristiProducer
- Dan LinProducer
- Jonathan EirichProducer
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