Holy Week arrived, a period of reflection and recollection for all, in which the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are remembered, among other important moments. For this reason, we want to give you all the information about the world of cinema related to it. Don't know what to see? Here are the best recommendations to watch on Netflix.
1. Mesías
A CIA agent investigates a charismatic individual who inspires a spiritual movement and destabilizes politics. Fictional story not based on real events. Starring Michelle Monaghan, Mehdi Dehbi (The Most Wanted Man) and John Ortiz (The Good Side of Things). The series was released on January 1, 2020.
2. The Resurrection of Christ
In Jerusalem, the young and ambitious Roman centurion Clavius receives, from Pontius Pilate, the prefect of Judea, the mission of investigating the mysterious disappearance of the body of Jesus, a Nazarene preacher crucified three days ago, and the growing rumors of his resurrection. Film from the year 2016.
3. Noé
Noah is a 2014 American film, directed by Darren Aronofskyy and written by Aronofsky and Ari Handel, loosely based on the biblical story of Noah's Ark.
As a child, Noah witnesses the death of his father, Lamech, by a young Tubal-Cain. Years later, an adult Noah lives with his wife and children. After seeing a flower grow instantly from the ground and being haunted by the dreams of a great flood, Noah takes them to visit his grandfather Methuselah.
4. The sky does exist
Todd Burpo is trying to make ends meet in what has been a tough year. After having her four-year-old son undergo emergency surgery at the hospital, she discovers how the little boy starts talking about his journey back and forth to Heaven. This is a film from the year 2014.
5. God is NOT dead
After he refuses to deny his faith, a devout Christian student must prove the existence of God or his philosophy teacher will fail him.
It was released on March 21, 2014 in the United States by Pure Flix Entertainment. Written by Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman, also based on Rice Brooks' book God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty, the film's plot recounts student Josh Wheaton's efforts to prove the existence of God in his philosophy class, which is taught by his atheist teacher, who declares God as a pre-scientific fiction.
The film presents the evangelical narrative of the persecution of Christians in the United States, specifically the trope of universities as “factories of Atheism”. A sequel, God is not dead 2, was released on April 1, 2016, while God is not dead 3 was released in 2018, and God is not dead 4, in 2021.
Do you already have a plan for this Easter? With our recommendations you will surely do!
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