Carlos Diehz As Cardinal Vincent Benítez/Pope Innocent In New Stills From Conclave (2024) Dir. Edward

my favorite comments from the Mexican YouTube satire of Emilia Pérez (Joanne SacreBleu) translated so you understand why this movie is a racist mess, problematic and disrespectful

xiaotang5894:"Some French people gave this movie negative reviews but it's not because it's bad, it's because they didn't understand this huge masterpiece. Thankfully us foreigners know their culture better than they do so we know how well represented it was"

alltrueistic: "heard they tried really hard to hire a lot of French people for this movie but they didn't find a single talented one :("

camilanavarro4745: "as a latina that has an Eiffel tower keyring i bought in a bazaar I can say that this film is a work of art, it faithfully represents the reality and struggles of French people, its definitely worthy of awards such as the golden globes and the Oscars"

relatosdelanoche: "in 2018 I got France in the lottery and won $800 pesos ($40usd) which makes me feel really close to that country so I can say that this is a beautiful homage to France 😍 hopefully the entire world can know France through this masterpiece"

thanku4damusic: "I'm Peruvian and I live 1km away from France Park, so I can vouch for this movie being an excellent representative of French culture, congratulations from Perú ❤️"

bansheedelioncourt: "as someone who has watched ratatouille 3 times I consider myself an expert on French culture and I must congratulate you on this excellent representation of it, it clearly shows how the previous research was extensive and detailed"

terereballinas: "Seeing as I once had rats in my house, I can vouch for this framing perfectly what french daily life is like, I felt the croissant and the Bonjour vibes"

valeritadgil: "this movie made me fall in love with French culture so much that I haven't showered in five days"

i read the conclave book in less than a day and watched the conclave movie twice and i feel like i can say edward berger definitely read the book and thought "you know what the problem here is. not enough benitez as a jesus allegory content"

just a few changes to showcase this:

1. In the book Benitez is constantly portrayed being welcomed by Filipinos, Africans and other nations due to his reputation. Multiple times the book has shown Benitez being dragged into groups and numerous nationals listening intently to what he has to say, which is why he rose so slowly but prominently.

In the movie, Benitez is almost always alone--the scene where Lawrence finds him looking at the late popes turtles alone was originally Benitez talking to a group but deciding to leave to speak to Lomelli instead. The movie frames Benitez in the same quiet but thoughtful work as it does the nuns and all the important female figures in the Church--watching, listening, saying nothing until the spirit moves him to speak the truth. The book shows Benitez still being involved in the politics of the Conclave, dragged around his social groups, whether he wants to be or not; the movie expressly separates Benitez entirely from the politics, placing him in a kind of objective, angelic watcher position.

2. Jacopo Lomelli's name is changed to Thomas Lawrence. The book is likely referring to Jacopo as Jacob, the man who wrestled God, but in the movie he is clearly focused on being Doubting Thomas, the man who interrogates and sees proof of Jesus's resurrection from an abdomen wound. Guess who Lawrence was interrogating about the treatment of an abdomen wound in the movie

3. Speaking of the treatment, the movie changed Benitez's condition from having a fused labia to having ovaries, and also changed the way he found out from a car bomb explosion injury to an appendectomy. Again. This is probably an allusion to Doubting Thomas checking out Jesus's wound. But the fact that even this major detail was changed to fit the "Benitez as a Jesus allegory" narrative is hilarious to me

4. This is my biggest, funniest observation of the Conclave Book vs Movie Benitez. Book Benitez is determined to make Lomelli win. He gets up and speaks after the discovery of the terrorist attack to expressly say that the conclave has already had a majority vote (Lomelli) and that all the 24 people who voted for Benitez should vote for Lomelli instead to strengthen the church. He doesn't outwardly express any disdain for the conclave, just that he wishes they could work together to strengthen the Church. Movie Benitez is VASTLY different because he just straight up says sth along the lines of "all of you are petty and weird and know nothing about the conflict youre getting into and i cannot wait to go back to kabul and do some actual good for this world instead of being stuck here with all of you. " its just such a holy takedown of the church that clearly separates Benitez not as a member of any faction but as a voice of God

I love both the movie and the film for completely different reasons and I think everybody who reads or watches one should check out the other just to get a complete picture of both visions

oh eternal love ♥

Conclave today

Having thoughts about Fernand.

While it's not clear in the text, I think Fernand only blew his brain out because his wife and son left him, not because he was dishonoured.

And about that portrait of Mercédès he dislikes, I think it's guilt gnawing at him, because he knows that the wife he got isn't exactly the woman he loved, who died when Edmond was presumed dead.

I’m not surprised a movie as terrible as Emilia Perez is being awarded by mostly white audiences and white film critics, it gives them exactly what they want on how they perceive Mexico. A French man had not business doing this movie. Particularly when it admitted not to feel the need to do research since he already knew “enough” hence why the movie is filled with so many harmful stereotypes. And heavy on how the casting director insinuated there wasn’t good Mexican actors to star in this movie outside of the half white/American ones it got for this film. The movie is absolutely trash from acting to script. Not wonder they released the movie in European countries first before going into Mexico - they knew the reception it was gonna get from Latin countries and didn’t want the bad reviews and opinions to affect their award buzz - and it worked. The award shows will never convince me it was a good movie with performances worthy of acclaim. The movie was at best another over-dramatic romanticization musical of cartel violence and we were supposed to think it was progressive because of the main character. Hopefully Fernanda Torres’ win allows I’m Still Here to get a bigger leap into that Best Foreign Film win at the Oscars. The rightful Latin representation.

*𝔰𝔞𝔡 ℜ𝔲𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡*

I want you to consider something else giving the mutal hatred towards RBR we have at this point:

If this was the last race Sergio had in the team he will be leaving with one last insult. Horner called him a 'great servant for the team" for fuck's sake and no one seems to take issue with that. Helmut also stayed on tune calling him 'a helper'. IF, and I'm going to stress that if as much as I can because we know nothing about the talks or the situation, IF this was his last race and possibly last race in F1 he will be leaving with no respect given to him, no 'thank you' for the years he he worked for them, no 'it was nice' for all the WCCs and WDCs, no 'we'll miss you' for the faith and loyalty he showed even when they were stabbing him in the back, no 'we'll remember you' for the wins and podiums. Nothing. He won't get a send off he deserves, there will be no special helmets, no official tributes, no helmet swaps, no nice words from the commentators - he will leave exactly the way Horner and Marko want him to be - humiliated and alone. He deserved so much better for all his years in F1, for all the heart he gave this sport. But IF RBR wins this one, tere will be nothing. He will leave as the 'hired help' they signed him as and it's just vile. And that hurts.

The way RBR handled things with Checo this year is atrocious, and refering to him as 'the help'... I just can't believe the press allows the comments like is a normal thing.

With Checo they got the WCC twice, and the first 1-2 WDC in the RBR history; Max finally was champion with his help (and yes, Max is amazing, but without Checo winning in Baku things would have turned out different), and suddenly all those things are worthless, and now are spinning this to Checo and his 'mental health', like saying 'well, if he stays and we destroy him, it's all his fault, see? we are warning him'.

Checo deserved a goodbye, if this was his last race with the team. And it totally hurts, and seeing him in the interviews almost crying, it was so horrible. Like I said in a previous ask, I haven't seen him this devastated, not even when he was fired from Racing Point.

But what I'm sure is that this isn't the last time we see Checo in F1. Maybe he won't be in the Grid next year, but in 2026, because he claimed there's still things to do and he will retire when he wants.

However, if he leaves RBR, I hope that team flops and regrets everything they have done to Checo and Yuki.

let god grant us a pope who doubts.

once again my favorite movie of the year has gone home without a best picture oscar and i am once AGAIN making it everyone's problem

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most movies can only dream of this stats, but only masterpieces like johanne sacreblu are capable