Conclave (2024) - facilitated by Ann Dwan and Mike Alvarado (US/UK Group)

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# Conclave Facilitated by Ann Dwan and Mike Alvarado

18 May 2025 @ noon Pacific Time
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Conclave (2024)

This is a Zoom discussion group with a different twist as it includes people interested in films from both the US (multiple states) and the UK. If you are interested in films and different points of view then join us. Please view the film before the discussion. Participants often read/watch/listen to reviews but this is purely optional.

When: Sunday, 18 May, 2025
Noon Pacific Time 9 am HST 8pm UK 6am Brisbane, AU

Zoom Link
[https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87880358715?pwd=UUJYNHppTktSYmRhVzA5eGdITTc5dz09](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87880358715?pwd%3DUUJYNHppTktSYmRhVzA5eGdITTc5dz09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3b4tmrW0eUIeV3xb5fFVD5)

Director
Edward Berger

Actors
Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O'Byrne, Carlos Diehz, Merab Ninidze, Thomas Loibl, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Jacek Koman, Loris Loddi, Roberto Citran and Balkissa Maiga.

Overview

Conclave is a 2024 political thriller film directed by Edward Berger and written by Peter Straughan, based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini. In the film, Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Fiennes) organises a conclave to elect the next pope and finds himself investigating secrets and scandals about the major candidates.

After premiering at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2024, Conclave was released in theaters in the United States by Focus Features on October 25 and in the United Kingdom by Black Bear UK on November 29. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances, directing, screenplay, and cinematography. The film has grossed $109.2 million worldwide on a $20 million production budget.

Conclave was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute.[5] Among other accolades, it won four awards at the 78th British Academy Film Awards (tying The Brutalist for most of the ceremony), including Best Film, and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. At the 97th Academy Awards, it received eight nominations, including Best Picture, and won Best Adapted Screenplay.Accessible via Amazon..