The Pope

[exiledclaseboy]

Seems to be on the verge of leaving this life for the next. And to think we watched Conclave the other week. Excellent film. They should definitely put Voldemort in charge of the next one.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Seems to be on the verge of leaving this life for the next. And to think we watched Conclave the other week. Excellent film. They should definitely put Voldemort in charge of the next one.

Massive Celtic fan

 

[Pegojack]

Yes, I saw Conclave a couple of weeks ago too. Life imitating art?

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Yes, I saw Conclave a couple of weeks ago too. Life imitating art?

Only if the new Pope turns out to be a woman with a man’s wedding tackle.

Oh, and, spoilers.

 

[J_B]

Conclave is a very good film and an even better book.

 

[sainthelens]

Seems to be on the verge of leaving this life for the next. And to think we watched Conclave the other week. Excellent film. They should definitely put Voldemort in charge of the next one.

No spoilers buddy, but is it worth a watch ?

 

[exiledclaseboy]

No spoilers buddy, but is it worth a watch ?

Yes, excellent film.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Conclave is a very good film and an even better book.

I read the book after watching the film. Very readable potboiler.

 

[J_B]

I read the book after watching the film. Very readable potboiler.

I like Robert Harris. Good writer.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Yes, excellent film.

Is it a true story?

 

[J_B]

Is it a true story?

Hell, no.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I like Robert Harris. Good writer.

Literally the only one of his I’ve read. I may explore more, any recommendations?

 

[J_B]

Literally the only one of his I’ve read. I may explore more, any recommendations?

I like most of his books but I'm sure you'd enjoy The Ghost. You'll recognise Tony Blair in it very easily.

 

[Pegojack]

I like Robert Harris. Good writer.

I've just finished reading his "An Officer and a Spy". Excellent, I can't recommend it enough.

It's based on the true story of the infamous "Dreyfuss affair" in France at the end of the 19th century. All the characters and basic facts of the story are true, but Harris has fleshed them out with dramatic licence to make a highly readable historical novel.

Dreyfuss, a jewish French army officer, was accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. Tried and found guilty, he was cashiered and sent to solitary confinement on Devils Island. The head of French military intelligence, Georges Picquart, who at first helped convict him, gradually became convinced that they had got the wrong man, and the trial was a stitch up by the most senior army officers and politicians.

The novel is the story of how he overcame impossible odds against dark forces, despite being ostracised, kicked out of the army and threatened, to prove Dreyfuss innocent and get both of them re-instated. Top class writing.

Roman Polanski made a french film of the novel in 2019 which was also highly rated. I'm currently looking for it.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Watched Conclave in a cinema in MAGAville, Tennessee. Few awkward murmurs going around by the end there