Doing a little preparation before seeing high-profile festival movies is always a good idea, but I don’t like to over-research them.
This morning I was told about a surprise plot twist in Edward Berger‘s Conclave, which we’ll all be seeing this evening at 6 pm. When I heard it, I went “oh, no.” So I went to the Wiki page that focuses on Robert Harris‘s 2016 source novel, and I read the synopsis all the way to the end. That’s all I’m going to say.
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