

The Two Popes
Inspired by true events.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $232.6K
- Language
- German
- vatican (holy see)
- pope
- based on true story
- catholic
- roman catholic church
- catholicism
- cardinal
- conclave
- papal conclave
- sistine chapel
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival31 Aug 2019
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1327 Nov 2019
- Digital / OTTPG-13Netflix20 Dec 2019
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon Film Festival7 Oct 2019
- Theatrical12A29 Nov 2019
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical (limited)M13 Dec 2019
- Digital / OTTMNetflix20 Dec 2019
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival9 Sept 2019
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival30 Oct 2019
- Theatrical1427 Nov 2019
- Digital / OTT14Netflix20 Dec 2019
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT15+20 Dec 2019
FinlandFI
- Theatrical (limited)13 Dec 2019
- Digital / OTTNetflix20 Dec 2019
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT20 Dec 2019
GermanyDE
- Theatrical (limited)125 Dec 2019
- Digital / OTT12Netflix20 Dec 2019
GreeceGR
- TheatricalK12 Dec 2019
- Digital / OTTNetflix20 Dec 2019
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1612 Dec 2019
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT12ANetflix20 Dec 2019
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The Two Popes was released on 27 November 2019.
Audience reviews
2- M7/10
Manuel São Bento
12/30/2019
Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce deliver two award-worthy performances, elevating a surprisingly humorous story about religion. Not a fan of the editing and the film goes on for a bit too long. Rating: B
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/27/2022
This is quite a clever piece of work. Both performances demonstrate a complex, sometimes conflicted, humanity in a touching and thought-provoking way. Hopkins, as the scholarly Benedict XVI coming to realise that he no longer feels capable - for various reasons - to remain Pontiff and Pryce as Cardinal Bergoglio with whom he has little in common, and who has come to Rome to seek his permission to retire. The story fo…
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