{"id":68250,"date":"2024-11-04T01:49:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=68250"},"modified":"2024-10-25T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:19:36","slug":"the-conclave-the-thriller-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2024\/11\/04\/the-conclave-the-thriller-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conclave– The Thriller of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CONCLAVE - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters October 25\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JX9jasdi3ic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This has been a very sparse year when it comes to good films, especially when it comes to drama, and now that we have one in The Conclave, it\u2019s already being proclaimed by many as the best and most suspenseful drama of the year.\u00a0 And I agree with that judgment about this 2 hour film.\u00a0 First of all the acting is Oscar worthy in several cases, especially in the case of Ralph Fiennes, but also Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow.\u00a0 Furthermore, the narrative holds your attention throughout. There\u2019s plenty of intrigue, plenty of tension, plenty of mystery, and some good speeches and one liners as well, even a good homily by Fiennes.\u00a0 The movie was filmed at a studio in Italy with a recreated Vatican that is indistinguishable from the real thing\u2014 and I\u2019ve been all over the real one including having an audience with the current Pope in one of the buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The process of voting for the new pope seems to be meticulously accurate in its portrayal, and as the film shows, it can take quite a long time, especially if there is no obvious leading candidates or two such candidates.\u00a0 \u00a0The film does a good job of portraying genuine Christian faith, but also human doubts, sins, foibles, pride, scheming, and more.\u00a0 The central homily hammers home the message that \u2018certainty\u2019 on the part of some in an enterprise that requires faith, and is not beyond several interpretations, is a danger.\u00a0 As the homily says\u2013 if we had air tight certainty about all things doctrinal, we would not need to have faith.\u00a0 Faith is not opposed to knowledge, but it is a matter of faith seeking understanding\u2014 fides quaerens intellectum.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of Latin in this film, but also subtitles where necessary.\u00a0 And the cinematography should certainly win an award.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad this film was made, especially in a season where Christianity has in some cases in America become unequally yoked together with the wrong sort nationalism.\u00a0 Lord have mercy\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been a very sparse year when it comes to good films, especially when it comes to drama, and now that we have one in The Conclave, it\u2019s already being proclaimed by many as the best and most suspenseful drama of the year.\u00a0 And I agree with that judgment about this 2 hour film.\u00a0 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