2024 · drama · thriller
Conclave
Directed by Edward Berger2h 0m2024
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.
Our read: Conclave (2024) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
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