MANILA, PHILIPPINES – 13 NOVEMBER 2019 – Netflix’s highly anticipated film, The Two Popes, made its Philippine premiere as part of the World Cinema showcase at the Cinema One Originals Film Festival, with a gala screening today.
From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of “City of God,” and three-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten, comes an intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). 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. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress, guilt and forgiveness, as these two very different men confront elements from their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world.
*Inspired by true events
The Two Popes will also be screening at the film festival on November 16, 2019 (please check the official schedule for tickets), and starts streaming on Netflix this December 20.
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