The Two Popes

England

125 min

2019

Anthony Hopkins Martina Sammarco Nicola Acunzo Cecilia Dazzi Sergio Nicolai Luciano Borges Ramiro Vayo Lorenzo Vigevano Matthew T. Reynolds Pope Benedict XVI Vincent Riotta Willie Jonah Libero De Rienzo Jonathan Pryce Juan Minujín Luis Gnecco Cristina Banegas Renato Scarpa Sidney Cole Achille Brugnini Federico Torre Germán de Silva Pope Francis

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.