The film Conclave depicts the election process of a new pope, and the film ornaments its terrifically acted drama with serious attention to the real-life process. Ralph Fiennes leads Conclave’s cast as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, who leads the election process for a new pope. While sequestered, various cardinals such as Bellini (Stanley Tucci), Tremblay (John Lithgow), Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto), Adeyemi (Msamati), and Benitez (Carlos Diehz) vie for the papacy, and various, threatening secrets are uncovered about each man.