Robert Harris’s drama of papal electioneering, starring Ralph Fiennes, is a preposterously gripping film that reflects the intense negotiations and manipulations similar to the Oscars. The film emphasizes the intricate plotting reminiscent of Harris's novels and the significant power plays within a closed voting body.
Conclave: Ralph Fiennes is flawless in Robert Harris’s preposterously gripping drama of papal election eeringIt could hardly be more appropriate that Robert Harris’s preposterously gripping drama of papal election eering finds itself competing for multiple first-division Academy Awards. There are analogies here with national elections, but what goes on in the conclave, with its tidier voting body, is closer to the arm-twisting, blackmailing and guilt-tripping one encounters at the Oscars .
That last twist kicks up reminders of Anthony Quinn in the 1968 adaptation of Morris West’s The Shoes of the Fisherman, but Conclave is an altogether more rambunctious affair than that faux-serious papal epic. We move at a dizzying clatter as revelation upends revelation. You expect research from a Robert Harris adaptation, and, though many experts will complain about the broad treatment of Catholic politics, the details on procedure are fascinating throughout.
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