Ralph Fiennes as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence holding up a piece of paper and looking contemplative in Conclave
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Conclave!The director of Conclave explains why Cardinal Benitez chooses the name Pope Innocent at the end of the film. Led by Ralph Fiennes and directed by Edward Berger, the movie, based on the novel of the same name by Robert Harris, follows the titular assembly of cardinals for the election of a Pope, as it winds through mystery and scandal.
It’s a name of purity without any preconceptions. You see it in children—they have no bad experience, they’re theoretically only positive, only open towards others. They have no prejudices. They’re innocent. Then society conditions them to be a certain way, their parents, school, friends, and bad experiences leave trauma. So Benitez comes to us with absolute openness, and I think that’s what it means.
Lawrence’s plea is answered, as Benitez, considering his secret which is revealed in one of Conclave’s final scenes, is someone who lives between certainty and doubt and manages to accept it with grace.
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