The Two Popes

Rating: 9/10 Comedy Drama History

Release Year: 2019 Language: en

Overview

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.

Cast Members

Jonathan Pryce as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis Anthony Hopkins as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI Juan Minujín as Young Jorge Bergoglio Luis Gnecco as Cardinal Hummes Cristina Banegas as Lisabetta María Ucedo as Esther Ballestrine Renato Scarpa as Camerlengo Sidney Cole as Cardinal Turkson Achille Brugnini as Cardinal Martini Federico Torre as Protodeacon Estevez Germán de Silva as Father Yorio Lisandro Fiks as Father Jalics Libero De Rienzo as Roberto Willie Jonah as Cardinal Arinze Sofia Mayra Cessak as Amalia Damonte Vincent Riotta as Driver Daphne Mereu as Gandolfo Nun Martina Sammarco as Gandolfo Nun Juan Miguel Arias as Paolo Daniel Juan di Cocco as Unknown Priest Josello Bella as Admiral Massera Luis Alfredo Huerga Reyna as Captain Artiz Andres Carlos Zurita as Tonio Guido Nicolas Losantos as Father Pepe Nicola Acunzo as Papal Gardener Sergio Santana as Slum Man Cecilia Dazzi as Nun Maria Florencia Larrea Arias as Amalia's Mother Hernan Acentares as Father Mugica Abril Chiara Castelli as Ana Maria Careaga Luciano Kaczer as Father Dourron Francesco di Teodoro as Lorenzo Walter Fabian Andrade as Luis Natalia Constanza Salmoral as Woman with News Roberto Olivieri as Fan Thomas D. Williams as American Journalist Cristobal Mamani as Peasant Olivia Sandy Torres as Peasant Adalid Paredes Blanco as Old Man Bonilla Del Valle as Poor Woman Sergio Nicolai as Protodeacon Tauran Daniel Hernandez as Cardinal Quarracino Luciano Borges as Protester Facundo Cardosi as Protester Federico Falasco as Protester Rafael Fernandez as Lisabetta's Husband Ricardo Larrama as Tango Club Boss Leon Barra as Ricardo Capelli Juan Manuel Correa as Military Assistant Ramiro Vayo as Military Assistant Pablo Trimarchi as Tongui Soldier Lucas Posse as Drug Dealer Alan Nicolás Gómez as Drug Dealer Joaquin Rotzait as Drug Dealer Simon Hempe as Drug Dealer Lorenzo Vigevano as Swiss Guard Alessandro Piavani as Swiss Guard Katherine Wilson as Reporter Matthew T. Reynolds as Reporter Marcela Serli as Reporter Michelangelo Tarditti as Reporter Pope Benedict XVI as Himself (archive footage) Pope Francis as Himself (archive footage)