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Netflix has released the trailer and synopsis for their upcoming film “The Two Popes” which will launch in selected cinemas on November 27th and on Netflix on December 20th. The film, directed by Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”), is based on true events and gives an intimate look at a historic turning point in the Catholic Church. Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star in the film.
From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of “City of God,” and three-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten, comes an intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). 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. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress, guilt and forgiveness, as these two very different men confront elements from their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world.
Communion wine and bread
Or fava beans and a nice chianti?
They really should have called this Top Of The Popes. Missed opportunity.