The conclave is called the closed meeting of cardinals who are to elect the next pope. The film "The Conclave", starring Ralph Fiennes in the lead role, is about just this, and was earlier this year awarded an Oscar for best screenplay based on a template. Now, the streams have increased by 283 percent, reports Variety, which reproduces analyzes from Luminate.
Director Edward Berger and screenwriter Peter Straughan have talked about their meticulous research before the film, whose depiction is also more similar than dissimilar to a real papal election, according to two experts who The Guardian has spoken to.
Many of the details are true, says Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a historian specializing in Catholicism at Notre Dame, who followed the election of the new pope in 2013.
One example is the ancient but also unconfirmed tradition of destroying the deceased pope's ring.
It's remarkable how they managed to take something so secret and get much of it completely right, says Kathleen Sprows Cummings to The Guardian.
"The Conclave" also succeeds in depicting that no one can safely predict how the newly elected pope will act, emphasizes Bill Cavanaugh, professor of Catholic studies at DePaul University.
