Speaking withTodayabout the movie’s ending, Fiennes and Rossellini explained the symbolism beingConclave’s ending.

Amphibious, and arent they sort of symbols of spiritual independence?

I think maybe they are.

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Isabella Rossellini: I think there is this sense of claustrophobia, because they are all inside Sistine Chapel.

The decision ends the film on a controversial note.

Ralph Fiennes looks stricken as Cardinal Lawrence next to Carlos Diehz looking serious as Cardinal Benitez in Conclave

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Cardinal Lawrence and Cardinal Bellini in the film Conclave

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Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci in Conclave

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