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Conclave is a 2016 novel by British writer Robert Harris. [1] The book is set in the context of the death of a pope and the subsequent papal conclave to elect his successor. [ 2 ]
Conclave is a 2024 political thriller film directed by Edward Berger and written by Peter Straughan, based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris. The film stars Ralph Fiennes , Stanley Tucci , John Lithgow , Sergio Castellitto , and Isabella Rossellini .
As "Conclave" shows, those ballots are sewn together with a needle and thread, and then burned with a chemical to send either black smoke, meaning a stalemate, or white, signifying "habemus papam ...
What happens at the end of Conclave? What is the pope's secret? Is the pope a woman? The stars break down the ending of the pope's gender and explain what it means.
The plot centers on the conclave of 1458, which took place five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks.The story material was sourced from a diary written by Silvius Aeneas Piccolomini, the only cardinal to ever record the secret proceedings of a papal conclave, and who was himself elected Pope Pius II in that Conclave.
“A conclave is a political event in the best sense of politics — it is a thoughtful, even prayerful consideration of a community’s future,” he told CNN. “The ‘politicking’ does not ...
Conclave, director Edward Berger’s gripping drama about the cutthroat cardinals electing a new pope, is a largely faithful adaptation of Robert Harris’s 2016 novel of the same name.
“Conclave” is one of those rare films that respects the audience’s attention, even as it sneaks a few tricks behind their backs, like the way one candidate climbs with each passing vote.