The Two Popes

The Two Popes
The Two Popes
	Official release poster
Directed by	Fernando Meirelles
Screenplay by	Anthony McCarten
Based on	The Pope; by Anthony McCarten
Produced by	Dan Lin; Jonathan Eirich; Tracey Seaward;
Starring	Anthony Hopkins; Jonathan Pryce;
Cinematography	César Charlone
Edited by	Fernando Stutz
Music by	Bryce Dessner
Production; company	Rideback
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	August 31, 2019 (Telluride); November 27, 2019 (United States); November 29, 2019 (United Kingdom);
Running time	125 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States; Italy; Argentina;
Languages	English; Spanish; Italian;
Box office	$758,711

The Two Popes is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Anthony McCarten, adapted from McCarten's play The Pope which premiered at Royal & Derngate Theatre in 2019.^[3]^[4] Predominantly set in Vatican City in the aftermath of the Vatican leaks scandal, the film follows Pope Benedict XVI, played by Anthony Hopkins, as he attempts to convince Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, played by Jonathan Pryce, to reconsider his decision to resign as an archbishop as he confides his own intentions to abdicate the papacy.^[5]

The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2019. It began a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 27, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2019, and started digital streaming on December 20, 2019, by Netflix. The performances of Pryce and Hopkins, as well as McCarten's screenplay, received high praise from critics, and all three men received nominations for their work at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and British Academy Film Awards.

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^ "The Two Popes". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
^ Billington, Michael (June 13, 2019). "The Pope review – Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson's papal powerplay". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
^ "Netflix confirms cast and production team on 'The Pope'". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
^ Kay, Jeremy. "Netflix confirms Argentine cast and production team on 'The Pope'". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

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[3] Billington, Michael (June 13, 2019). "The Pope review – Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson's papal powerplay". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.

[4] "Netflix confirms cast and production team on 'The Pope'". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

[5] Kay, Jeremy. "Netflix confirms Argentine cast and production team on 'The Pope'". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

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