Adaptation of the twists and twists of “Conclave”

The screenwriter Peter Straughan has become cleverly known – and beloved – books and adapting them for the big and small screens. For the first time, he was nominated for an Oscar for his script of the 2011 film “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, which is based on the classic John Le Carré Spy -Roman, and then adapted Hilary Mantels “Wolf Hall” trilogy into an award -winning season of television, with an adaptation of the third novel soon came out. Now he has been nominated for a second Oscar: for his script for “conclave”, based on Robert Harris' political thriller in the secret world of a papal choice. “You have all of these pieces; Sometimes they are interpreted in a very similar order of the book, sometimes a completely different order. Sometimes deconstruct and convert them completely. “In this episode of our special series, which devoted to Oscar-nominated films that are adapted out of books, Gilbert Cruz speaks to the screenwriter Peter Straughan about his process of translating a book on the screen, and about the moments into '' denominations', which he found most exciting.