Cardinal Benitez looks ahead in Conclave
Warning: The following article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Conclave.Conclave director Edward Berger pulls back the curtain on the significance of its final twist. The Ralph Fiennes-starring Catholic thriller ends with the surprising election of Cardinal Vincent Benitez as Pope after it was revealed that Cardinal Tremblay purposefully sent a nun to the Vatican to tarnish Cardinal Adeyemi's reputation.
This movie is about the oldest patriarchal institution in the world, representing many other patriarchal institutions in the world. And at the end of the movie, there’s a crack in that institution, a crack of perhaps femininity, ya? It’s a crack that a light can shine through, a guiding light for the future, perhaps. And the future is a world where maybe both can exist?
From Ralph’s character’s point of view, this comes as a shock. This revolutionizes his way of thinking. It wouldn’t come to me or you as a shock. It would be interesting. But for a Catholic person, it’s a big thing. Because even though he propagates in the beginning, I’d love a Pope of uncertainty, when he is suddenly confronted with someone who says I’m in between the two worlds, suddenly he just needs a moment to work through that.
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