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Film

7 pm

Part of The Reel Jesus Film Festival
“A
series of films and forums exploring the various representations of
Jesus—from the reverential to the controversial—on the silver
screen.”

Nominated for 3 Oscars in 2005 for Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Makeup and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Directed by Mel Gibson
Starring James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci

    The Passion of The Christ is a film about the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life. The film opens in the Garden of Olives (Gethsemane) where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Jesus resists Satan’s temptations. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is arrested and taken back to within the city walls of Jerusalem where the leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and this results in a condemnation of death. Jesus is brought before Pilate, the Roman Governor of Palestine, who listens to the accusations leveled at him by the Pharisees. Realizing he is confronting a political conflict, Pilate defers to King Herod in the matter. Herod returns Jesus to Pilate who gives the crowd a choice between Jesus and the criminal Barabbas. The crowd chooses to have Barabbas set free and to condemn Jesus. Jesus is handed over to the Roman soldiers and flagellated. Unrecognizable now, he is brought back before Pilate, who presents him to the crowd as if to say “is this not enough?” It is not. Pilate washes his hands of the entire dilemma, ordering his men to do as the crowd wishes. Jesus is presented with the cross and is ordered to carry it through the streets of Jerusalem all the way up to Golgotha. On Golgotha, Jesus is nailed to the cross and undergoes his last temptation—the fear that he has been abandoned by his Father. He overcomes his fear, looks at Mary, his Holy Mother, and makes the pronouncement which only she can fully understand, “it is accomplished.” He then dies: “into Thy hands I commend my Spirit.” At the moment of his death, nature itself overturns.—© Newmarket Films

Country of Origin: USA
Language: Aramaic, Latin, Hebrew (with subtitles)

*includes box office fee

Details

COST: $5*, $3* for students
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: The State Theatre
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