Mary

Synopsis: Three characters linked by the mythical Maria Maddalena - Mary Magdalene... Tony Childress, an infamous, egotistical and obsessive actor/director is playing the lead role of Jesus in his controversial new film THIS IS MY BLOOD. When the shoot wraps, Marie Palesi, his lead actress, is left alone in Jerusalem, drained, empty. 'Selfless'. Into the void within her is poured the spirit of Mary Magdalene, and Marie embarks on a profound journey towards enlightenment. Meanwhile, in New York City, tv journalist Ted Younger begins his own quest for spiritual truth through his documentary about the life of Christ. When the premiere of Tony's film becomes the target of bomb threats by the vengeful religious Right, the lives and paths of these three characters come dramatically together.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Abel Ferrara
Production: IFC First Take
  4 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
NOT RATED
Year:
2005
83 min
172 Views


Woman, why are you weeping?

They've taken away my Lord,

I don't know

where they've laid him.

Why do you search

for the living among the dead?

Mary.

Rabbouni!

Do not hold on to me,

for I have not yet

ascended to the Father.

But go to my brothers and tell them

I am ascending to my Father,

and to your Father, and to my God,

and to your God.

Mary!

Mary.

Hold on. Hold on right here.

I'll be right back.

Marie! Have you seen Marie?

Jesus Christ.

Come on, let's go, we're gonna

miss the plane, let's go, come on.

-Where are you going?

-We're going back to New York,

-what are you kiddin' me?

-I'm not, I'm not going.

What are you talking about you're

not going. Come on. C'mon Marie,

you are crazy like a fox.

We're gonna miss the plane.

We've got 15 minutes

to get to the plane.

-Which plane?

-Look Marie,

do you want me to get down on my

hands and knees and beg you? Please,

-just get into the car and let's go.

-I'm not ready. I can't go.

-I can't. I can't go. I'm not going.

-Listen... Marie,

it's over, it's over.

It's over. Alright? It's over.

We're going home.

We're gonna go cut the film now.

-I don't want to go.

-Where are you going?

I'm going to Jerusalem.

C'mon! Get in the car!

Marie!

Alright. Fine.

You f***ing go to Jerusalem. Great.

Crazy b*tch. C'mon, let's go.

Look, you have two answers:

The point of view of Romans,

He was a dangerous revolutionary,

so they wrote on the cross

-"Jews is the King of the Jews".

-Yes.

-Which means a rebellious,

-Yes.

-which means a revolutionary.

-Ok.

-Second,

-Ok.

the point of view of Jews,

they acclaimed him

-as something...

-A teacher, as a Rabi.

-Teacher, Rabi.

-Even more.

-More than a Rabi.

-Even more.

-Yeah. Messiah.

-Perhaps...

Perhaps a Messiah.

One of the Messiahs of the time...

So if he started, if... if... if...

there was a disruption

by Jesus coming in to town,

starting these disruptions, then

the Jewish community who had

to protect the Jewish community,

would have had to deal with that

in some way. Thousands of people

could have been killed because

of this man, standing there and

insighting, possibly a writer.

Now, this is hard

because I'm trying to...

-I'm searching a side of your...

-It's hard, it's difficult.

At the time of Jesus, we are sure

that a lot of persons

suspected of rebellious actions,

were crucified by Romans.

It is nothing extraordinary.

The problem is,

who could have interest

to kill him?

That is the problem.

And I don't see where

and for what

the Jews could have interest

to kill Him

while He was considered

a chieftain of the people,

a rebellious chieftain,

and perhaps

one who wanted to become

the King of the Jews, perhaps.

How can we imagine

that Jews could have interest

to kill a person

just because He wanted

to teach them something?

Of course it became

such a complicated issue,

we're going to have

to explore it completely.

We'd like to thank our guest,

Amos Luzzatto.

Please join us again at the

same time tomorrow evening for

"Jesus, the real story".

This is Theodore Younger

saying... good-night.

And we're cut.

Thank you.

Mr. Luzzatto, that was... that was

fantastic, that was really...

Gretchen called. The screening's

at BAM tomorrow at two.

-Yup.

-I really want to get that guy.

-He would do a lot for the show.

-I'll tell you right now,

-don't worry. That's a done deal.

-Ok.

-See you.

-Bye.

The father and son

were reportedly returning

from a trip to purchase a new car,

when they found themselves

caught in crossfire...

Babe.

Babe?

Elizabeth?

I'm sorry I'm late.

-Hey, what did you... do in there?

-Oh I painted that room.

-Do you like it?

-Is it ok for you to do that?

Oh I mean I painted a room,

I didn't swim the English Channel.

Were they happy?

Are they ever really happy?

I thought it was really good.

-It was good, right?

-It was fantastic.

You were really... amazing.

I'm really proud of you.

Thank you.

Everything ok with

little Raphael... or Luke?

Or Samuel.

-We're doing great.

-Samuel Younger.

Sammy.

That's nice.

What... what's... what's wrong,

baby? What's wrong?

I couldn't help it, if I could've got

home earlier I would have. You know?

I'm sorry.

-You know I'm here for you, right?

-Well, it doesn't seem like that.

I mean, we used to always talk

and now we don't talk anymore.

Oh, it's just this f...

It's just pressure all on me,

you know,

between Brenda and

the Network, it's just like...

I don't know if I'm coming

or if I'm going.

Yeah, but I'm here too.

I know.

You know what?

The show is going to be over

Friday, and then all this insanity

is going to be over with,

thank God,

and it'll just be me,

and it'll be you

and little Samuel.

How you doin'?

I'm

Tony Childress

and this is my... my picture

"This is my blood".

I know I'm not supposed to,

you know, come down and

talk to you before a screening

with the... with the press, but

you know, that's me,

hey, what can I say?

At the drive-in theatre that my

father managed, you know, people...

people would come

to see movies and

there was two kinds of movies

that people really loved,

"tits and ass" movies

and they liked to see

horror movies.

Where...

I can understand as a young man

why people would want to come and

see "tits and ass" movies because,

you know, tits and ass.

But horror movies kinda baffled me.

Well,

why would people wanna

come and see a horror movie,

why would people wanna come and

see a horror movie and be terrified?

Why would they want go and see

"The Exorcist" and... and...

and live with those kind of horrible,

frightening images

that they kind of stay

in your mind for weeks,

months and years? That movie

messed up a lot of people's lives.

And I started thinking that...

that maybe that's why people

go to see the movies

because they wanna be...

They want to be terrified

about something horrific,

something horrible because

it's an opportunity to believe

that there's something else.

That there... that there's

some promise of...

of... of a life after this life.

That there...

there's some promise, that...

that... that when we're dead

that if there's something

that's evil, some kind of

monsters,

then there must be something good.

So, I hope you enjoy

this religious experience.

But why did you play Jesus?

Why did I play Jesus?

Because I'm a good actor and

I couldn't find anyone else

better than me to play the part.

Watch the movie and

have... have a good time.

Alright. Roll the movie.

How are we to go

among the unbelievers?

To announce the

Gospel of the Kingdom

of the Son of Man.

They didn't spare His life,

eh, Peter?

Why they should spare ours?

Do not remain in sorrow and doubt.

For His grace will guide you

and comfort you.

Instead let us praise His greatness

for He has prepared us for this.

He is calling upon us

to become fully human.

Sister.

We all know that

the Teacher loved you

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