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.

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I really am not going out of my way to trash Jose Padilha’s upcoming Robocop remake. Really, I’m not. But it’s becoming ever more difficult to write positive things about the production when all you’re getting is bad news. Yesterday’s blow was that Hugh Laurie was no longer attached, and before that was the script review which must have left some …