The Directors Guild of the Philippines - filmmakers at The Two Popes Gala Screening at Cinema One Originals Film Festival in Manila on Nov 13, 2019.

Netflix’s highly anticipated film, "The Two Popes", made its Philippine premiere as part of the World Cinema showcase at the 2019 Cinema One Originals Film Festival, with a gala screening held November 13, 2019. "The Two Popes" will also be screening at the film festival for one time only on November 16, 2019, 9:30PM, at Trinoma . The film starts streaming on Netflix this December 20. "The Two Popes" comes an intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress, guilt and forgiveness, as these two very different men confront elements from their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world.

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