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Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger

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CONCLAVE 2024

Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand-in-hand with doubt. If there was only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery. And therefore no need for faith. Let us pray that God will grant us a Pope who doubts. And let him grant us a Pope who sins and asks for forgiveness and who carries on.

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Courier (1986), but with the cast of The Courier (2020).

Benedict Cumberbatch is Ivan and Merab Ninidze is his love interest Katya.

Imagine Benedict Cumberbatch playing a 17-year-old boy who drinks perfume and sets piles of newspapers on fire in front of his mother.

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This scene in “The Courier” movie, 2021 is really important to me

In it Greville (left) and Oleg (right) are at a ballet (couldn’t say which one but the music is familiar. Perhaps Swan Lake?)

And Greville is clearly riveted and moved by what he’s seeing, and I’d wager that Oleg is or has been moved by this performance now or before as well, seeing as swan lake originated in Russia and during the Cold War only government approved music could be publicly played (I assume) (but I digress)

As the performance concludes, and a standing ovation is given, Oleg finds himself looking to who has become a dear friend and comrade to him. A man who holds the fate of Oleg’s family in his hands. You see, Greville is in Russia one last time under the guise of closing Russian business accounts, but is really getting Oleg out of the country.

In seeing the emotional reaction that Greville is having to the art and culture that is beloved to Oleg, I can’t help but wonder if this look:

Is one of love for his country that he is now fleeing. To see an outsider be moved by the art of his home and culture, mayhaps fills him with a sense of pride, that his homeland and their legacy won’t be of just violence, but of art, and love and comradery and stuff.

I think this statement is further punctuated in contrast by the crestfallen look on Oleg’s face that ends the scene.

As a reminder that he is leaving this behind, and the danger ahead.

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Movie Review ~ Conclave

TITLE Synopsis: Cardinal Lawrence, tasked with organizing the election of the successor to the deceased Pope, discovers the former Pope had a secret that must be uncovered, concerning one or more of the candidates to succeed to the papacy.Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Brían F. O’Byrne, Merab…

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'Conclave' Conjures Up a Thrilling Search for a New Pope

'Conclave' Conjures Up a Thrilling Search for a New Pope

Looking for a Pope (CREDIT: Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.) Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Brian F. O’Bryne, Merab Ninidze, Thomas Loibl, Jacek Koman, Loris Loddi Director: Edward Berger Running Time: 120 Minutes Rating: PG for Some Smoking Release Date: October 25, 2024 (Theaters) What’s It…

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CONCLAVE (2024)

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Brían F. O'Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Thomas Loibl, Jacek Koman, Rony Kramer, Valerio Da Silva, Joseph Mydell, Vincenzo Failla, Garrick Hagon, Merab Ninidze, Madhav Sharma, Loris Loddi, Roberto Citran, Antonio Toma and Balkissa Maiga.

Screenplay by Peter Straughan.

Directed by Edward Berger.

Distributed by Focus Features. 110 minutes. Rated PG.

Who would have imagined that one of the most intriguing and suspenseful films of this year would be about a bunch of cardinals sequestered in the Vatican to vote on a new Pope? In fact, intriguing and suspenseful is not giving Conclave its full due. This is simply one of the best films of the year. Don’t be surprised to see it on a bunch of best films of the year lists and also for it to get a whole bunch of award nominations.

It's that good. Who would have guessed?

Again, it was about a bunch of cardinals in the Vatican. Blessed are the believers, indeed.

Conclave is based on the novel by Robert Harris and shows us – very forcefully and at the same time very subtly – that some very devout and proper people can still have some skeletons in their closets. In fact, pretty much everyone here, and they are mostly good and spiritual followers of Christ, has some serious secrets which they are not willing to allow to see the light of day.

Many of the deadly sins – lust, greed, pride, envy and wrath – all show up at different points in the story. (Gluttony and sloth don’t seem to be on the menu but give it time.) The final twist – which I will certainly not spoil – is not even on that deadly sins scale and may even go too far afield dramatically for a chunk of the film’s potential audience. Yet somehow it does make a certain strange sense for the story.

Even arguably the most devout person of all – Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) – the man in charge of making sure the conclave runs smoothly and essentially the moral center of the story (assuming you don’t count the dead Pope) makes some dubious moves and forms some sketchy alliances. And yet you can tell he is doing these things for the right reasons.

Or is he?

The choosing of the Pope itself turns out to be oddly like an extremely solemn reality show. Cardinals take the lead in the votes, make alliances with (and against) each other, sabotage each other’s campaigns and as their secrets meet the light of day, they are basically voted off the island.

There is much more subterfuge and backstabbing than you would expect from such a serious pursuit, but that just points out the humanity of the process.

The acting here is unfailingly spectacular, particularly Fiennes, Stanley Tucci as a moderate cardinal and particularly Isabella Rossellini as a quiet but steely head nun, who is mostly ignored by the men, until she finally has to take some moral stands to keep the process going fairly. Seriously, Rossellini should definitely be in line for a Best Supporting Actress nominee.

Like I said earlier, don’t be surprised if that is only one of many Oscar nominations.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2024 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 23, 2024.

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The Courier (2020, UK/US)

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright

Director: Dominic Cooke

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"Code: Ironbark" / The Courier Explained: What’s Up With the Ending?

“Code: Ironbark” / The Courier Drama genre Directed by Dominic Cook Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch (Greville Wynn), Merab Ninidze (Oleg Penkovsky), Rachel Brosnahan (Emily Donovan), Jessie Buckley (Sheila Wynn), Angus Wright (Dickie Franks), Keir Hills (Andrew Wynn), Jonathan Harden (Leonard), Kirill Pirogov (Gribanov) and others. Studios 42, FilmNation Entertainment, SunnyMarch Release year…

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THE COURIER 2020

Greville, we are only two people. But this is how things change.

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If I’m so bad at identifying people’s faces, then how have I recognized this guy in Deutshchland 83 and Bridge of Spies?

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Em 1938, pouco antes de estourar a 2ª Guerra Mundial, a família Redlich foge da Alemanha e se instala no Quênia, na África. Lá o advogado Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze) passa a trabalhar numa fazenda, enquanto sua mulher Jettel (Juliane Köhler), filha de uma família burguesa, tenta se adaptar à nova vida. Regina (Lea Kurka), a filha do casal, cresce e aprende a língua e os costumes locais, encontrando no cozinheiro Owunor (Sidede Onyulo) um amigo. Quando a guerra está acabando Walter recebe uma proposta para atuar como juiz em Frankfurt. Depois de tantos anos em que aprenderam a amar o novo país, Jettel e Regina começam a duvidar se voltarão para a Alemanha com ele.

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The Courier (2020)

Directed by Dominic Cooke

Cinematography by Sean Bobbitt

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley and Angus Wright

"There are good lies. Sometimes a lie is gift, an act of love."

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Repentance (1987)

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Penkovsky asking the important questions.  The Courier (2020) - FKA Ironbark