Two-time Academy Award nominees John Malkovich and Jude Law star in Paolo Sorrentino’s stunning vision for the world of the modern papacy, following on from The Young Pope.

Pius XIII is in a coma. After an unpredictable and mysterious time, the Secretary of State Voiello succeeds in the enterprise of having the charming, sophisticated and moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox placed on the papal throne with the name John Paul III. The new pope seems perfect, but he conceals secrets and a certain fragility. Quickly, he begins to realise that it will not be easy to replace the charismatic Pius XIII who, hanging between life and death, has become a Saint with thousands of faithful followers now idolizing him.

Meanwhile, the Church is under attack from several scandals that risk irreversibly devastating the hierarchies of the Church, and the key principles of Christianity upon which they are based. As always, nothing is as it originally seems in the Vatican. Good and evil march arm in arm through this historic institution, right up until the final showdown...

Complete series of the original television drama written by Paolo Sorrentino. The Archbishop of New York, Lenny Belardo (Jude Law), has been elected to the papacy as Pope Pius XIII, the first American pope in history. He brings an unorthodox approach to the heart of Catholocism. A revolution may be at hand.