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22 hours ago · British screenwriter and playwright Peter Straughan is likely looking at a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination for “Conclave,” the gorgeous and engrossing papal thriller starring Ralph Fiennes. The actor plays a Vatican cardinal tasked with overseeing the selection of a new pope after the ...
Oct 23, 2024 · Peter Straughan: It’s the oldest election in the world. I would imagine it’s around a thousand years old. Sonya Alexander: Did the different color vestments of the clergy symbolize different stages in the process? Peter Straughan: It shows the different positions they have within the church. The cardinals being the reds.
Oct 22, 2024 · Straughan is currently sailing into awards season with his take on Robert Harris’ 2016 bestseller Conclave, a darkly witty conspiracy drama starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and...
6 days ago · "We were given a private tour of the Vatican, and they were quite welcoming, actually, quite helpful," says "Conclave" screenwriter Peter Straughan. "So it was a big research project, really.
Oct 25, 2024 · When acclaimed screenwriter Peter Straughan (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “The Debt”) received the call to adapt Robert Harris’ novel “Conclave” for the big screen, he knew he had a unique...
Sep 26, 2024 · Reviewed from the 2024 San Sebastian Film Festival. Faithfully adapting Robert Harris’s 2016 page-turner about a fictional papal election, director Edward Berger and screenwriter Peter Straughan have constructed a sturdy frame within which their outstanding ensemble of actors can excel.
Conclave is a 2024 mystery thriller film directed by Edward Berger and written by Peter Straughan, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Robert Harris. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini.
