Cardinal win

SOMETIMES A LESSER BOOK CAN make a greater film. Robert Harris’s 2016 novel Conclave was a gripping beach read, but a slight work compared to his best. Brought to the screen it is a perfect two-hour thriller. The pope is dead, and Cardinal Lawrence is in charge of organising the election of his successor. Played by Ralph Fiennes, he is a man of doubts, about his own vocation and the future of the church. He had wanted to resign, but the dying pope refused him permission. Was it because he wanted him to do this final job? As ever with Harris, there are puzzles to be solved. What happened in the last pope’s final hours? Who is the man who has just arrived, claiming to be a secret cardinal? And…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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