How accurate is movie 'Conclave' with Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci? About upcoming papal conclave
- Pope Francis, the 266th pope, died at age 88 on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Rome.
- His passing followed a months-long battle with pneumonia and other health issues.
- His death initiates a period of mourning and requires cardinals worldwide to gather in Rome.
- Following his death, streaming viewership for the film Conclave increased 283 percent, reaching 1.8 million minutes watched.
- Cardinals will hold a papal conclave in the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope.
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How accurate is 'Conclave'? What the Oscar-winning film can teach us about picking Pope Francis' successor
The team behind "Conclave" did their research, but there's a few areas where fiction overrides fact. Courtesy of Focus Features 'Conclave'After scooping up eight Academy Award nominations (and winning Best Adapted Screenplay), papal drama Conclave is back on filmgoers' lips following the death of Pope Francis on Monday.Based on the novel by Robert Harris, Edward Berger's acclaimed film stars Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence, the Dean of the Co…
Conclave, a drama about choosing a new pope, hits Prime Video as the world mourns Pope Francis
On Monday, the world learned of the death of Pope Francis, a seismic moment for the Catholic Church and the start of a period of mourning that will culminate in the gathering of cardinals to elect the next leader of the more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide. And now, just a day later, Conclave — a critically acclaimed 2024 drama about that very process, from Focus Features and starring Ralph Fiennes — has begun streaming on Prime Video. You co…
How accurate is Conclave? What the film gets right - and wrong - about choosing a new pope
Edward Berger's Conclave is a fictional take on the closed-door process of appointing a new pontiff, which is set to begin for real in the Vatican on 5 May. So how accurately does the Oscar-winning film depict the real process?
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