Winner of 4 BAFTAs and with 8 Oscar nominations
A gripping drama based on Robert Harris’s best-selling novel about one of the world's most secretive and ancient events – the election of a new pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this process after the unexpected death of a beloved Pope. The Catholic Church's most powerful leaders from around the world have gathered in Rome. They are holy men. But they are ambitious. And they have rivals. Over the next 72 hours, one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth. Locled together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope's wake – a web of conspiracies and intrigue which could shake the foundations of the Roman Catholic Church. With brilliant, subtle performances (courtesy of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow among others)
PG