Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. 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.
Jonathan Pryce
as Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis
Anthony Hopkins
as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
Juan Minujín
as Young Jorge Bergoglio
Luis Gnecco
as Cardinal Hummes
Cristina Banegas
as Lisabetta
María Ucedo
as Esther Ballestrine
Renato Scarpa
as Camerlengo
Sidney Cole
as Cardinal Turkson
Achille Brugnini
as Cardinal Martini
Federico Torre
as Protodeacon Estevez
Germán de Silva
as Father Yorio
Lisandro Fiks
as Father Jalics
