The death of Pope Francis increased the visualizations of “the two potatoes” and “conclave”, two papal films that aroused curiosity about the internal and the hidden part of this universe.
Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The news not only mobilized the world, but also impacted the cinema universe. Because, although fiction tries to escape reality, once again it is proven that this is not possible. The death of the Pope generated a considerable increase in the audience of two papal films that are located in the Vatican: “The two potatoes” (2019) and “Conclave” (2024), which will also return to the big screen this Thursday after having premiered on January 30.
According to data from Luminecompany specialized in the measurement of audiovisual consumption, Edward Berger’s “conclave” increased his views by 283%. While “The two potatoes” directed by Fernando Meirelles grew by 417% From resurrection Sunday.
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“Conclave” It stars Ralph Finnes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini and focuses on the unexpected death of the Supreme Pontiff. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is designated as responsible to lead one of the most secret and old rituals in the world: the choice of a new Pope. The same will happen in early May after Bergoglio is buried this Saturday in the Santa María la Mayor Basilica. “Conclave ”became a phenomenon of global interest when coinciding with the real beginning of the papal succession process. Fiction cannot overcome reality and for this same reason the feature film had an explosive rebirth.
The film was one of the favorites of the last awards season. He received eight nominations in the Oscars and was crowned as the best film of the year in the BAFTA, the emblematic English awards and in the Actor Union Awards awards of Hollywood (SAG). It had been Isabella Rossellini, who during the SAG ceremony, wished “prompt recovery to Pope Francis,” since at that time he was seriously admitted.
“Conclave” was on the billboard since the end of January and returns to the country’s rooms this Thursday. Meanwhile it increases its popularity in stream. As if everything was coldly calculated, the film that premiered less than a week ago on the Prime Video platform generated about 1.8 million minutes seen on Easter Sunday. Meanwhile, in the last hour of Monday -the day in which the Pope died -the number had already reached 6.9 million minutes seen. In just 24 hours his audience had quadrupled.
Conclave was not the only one that increased his audience
The death of the Pope not only generated movement in “conclave”, but also in “the two potatoes.” The film stars Anthony Hopkins, who plays Pope Benedict XVI, and Jonathan Pryce, who acts on Pope Francis. In addition, he has Juan Minujin’s performance that puts the skin to a young Bergoglio. This biographical drama portrays the transition of power between Benedict XVI and Bergoglio. The film that premiered in 2019 renewed its interest. The audience shot 417% from Sunday, when it generated 290,000 minutes of visualization, until Monday when it reached 1.5 million minutes.
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The death of the Supreme Pontiff again gave life to papal films. He quadrupled audiences and gave rise to the re -ease of “Conclave” In cinemas. Although fiction tried to be one step ahead of reality, the opposite happened.
Source: Ambito
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