Conclave: Book vs. Movie
Edward Berger’s 2024 film Conclave is based on Robert Harris’s 2016 novel. The death of a pope brings cardinals together for a closely guarded election, where ambition and secrets threaten the proceedings.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Robert Harris
- Year
- 2016
- Pages
- 304Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 8 hr 10 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Roy McMillan
Cardinal Lomeli must oversee the election of a new pope after the death of the man he served. Once the cardinals are enclosed in the Vatican, rival candidates gather support and troubling information begins to surface, leaving Lomeli responsible for an orderly vote while questioning whether the men seeking the office can be trusted with it.
- Director
- Edward Berger
- Writer
- Peter Straughan
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 2 hr 1 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini
- Genre
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Charged with organizing a papal election, Cardinal Lawrence finds himself managing ambitious colleagues while struggling with his own faith. Each round of voting heightens the pressure to choose a successor, but allegations about leading candidates and unfinished business left by the dead pope draw Lawrence into an investigation that threatens the conclave’s legitimacy.
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