Benedict XVI's resignation in 2013 triggered the first papal conclave in modern memory called under a living pope's shadow, and this film reconstructs the secrecy and maneuvering that followed inside the Vatican. Shot on location in Rome and in Buenos Aires, it traces how Jorge Mario Bergoglio, once a Jesuit superior during Argentina's military junta, became the reforming archbishop known for riding the bus and visiting slums, and eventually the cardinals' choice as Pope Francis. Interviews and archival footage lay out the mechanics of the conclave itself, from the sealed Sistine Chapel voting to the black and white smoke signals crowds in St. Peter's Square wait on. The film does not shy from the junta years, weighing accusations against Bergoglio's record alongside testimony from those who knew him in Buenos Aires. It builds toward the balcony announcement and the early signals of a papacy that broke with Vatican convention, framing Francis's election as both a personal story and an institutional turning point for the Catholic Church.