Conclave

The pope is dead, and Cardinal Lawrence has to run the election he did not want. Berger treats the Vatican rooms as a thriller set: locked doors, folded paper, a dining hall where a small gesture is a vote. Ralph Fiennes plays doubt as administration. Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow are the candidates with files. Isabella Rossellini’s sister knows which corridors still carry news. The Focus trailer promises a secret. The film is about the men who would rather manage the secret than open it.