Pope Francis And Benedict Movie

125 min brings the story of cardinal jorge bergoglio and pope benedict xvi.
Pope francis and benedict movie. Benedict xvi is played by anthony hopkins and cardinal bergoglio the future pope francis is played by jonathan pryce. The two popes 2019 release. A man of his word is a 2018 documentary film produced co written and directed by wim wenders focusing on the life and goals of pope francis the 266th and current pope and sovereign of the vatican city state. While filmmakers say the movie is a work of fiction the movie s director.
This movie tells the story of that curious situation when cardinal jorge bergoglio played by jonathan pryce ended up as pope francis while benedict anthony hopkins was still alive. Despite its title the movie is in many ways a biopic about one pope jorge mario bergoglio later known as pope francis though benedict xvi also appears as an important supporting character. Did the two popes really. Inspired by true events the movie centers around cardinal jorge bergoglio jonathan pryce the soon to be elected pope francis and the aging pope benedict xvi anthony hopkins.
As the movie opens it is buenos aires 2005 and cardinal bergoglio is celebrating mass and walking among the people. Someone comes up to him and tells his the pope has dies.