Mary Page #4

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
137 Views


-And that is a significant aspect.

-pour

-marcher avec le Christe.

-To go hand in hand with Christ.

Les hommes doivent intgrer

leur dimension fminine

Man must include

and integrate their

female dimension.

et les femmes doivent intgrer

leur dimension masculine

And woman must integrate,

include, incorporate, their

men's dimension.

pour devenir non seulement

des males et des femelles,

-...not just males and females.

-mais des tres humains.

-But Human Beings.

-A question, a question. Is...

-Peter's problem with Mary

-Le problme de Pierre avec Marie.

-C'est quoi comme problme?

-that she's a woman,

-Le fait que'elle est une femme.

-saying these words,

Qui dit ces mots,

qui prononce ces mots.

that she is putting herself

in the primary position as the

-number one disciple, if you would.

-...position, la plus importante,

comme

-Or both.

-...qui a la primaut...

Je crois que le problme

ce sont les deux.

-Mais surtout, peut-tre,

-Both, both are the problems.

-parce que c'est une femme.

-But mostly because it's a woman.

Babe?

Elisabeth?

Jesus.

Elisabeth!

Elisabeth!

Elisabeth!

-I tried to call you so many times.

-What happened?

-What happened?

-She was screaming,

-I come inside. She was bleeding.

-Where is she? Where is she?

Where is...? Let's go!

Could you tell me

which way is room 340, please?

Thank you.

Oh my God.

-Is she ok?

-Are you Mr. Younger?

-Yeah. Is she alright?

-Yes. She just need to rest now.

What's wrong with her?

You should speak to the doctor

about that. I don't know.

-Can you go get the doctor, please?

-Yes, but just... You know...

Hey, hey, don't touch me!

What's wrong with you?

-Hey listen. You gotta be quiet.

-I don't go to do nothing.

I'm going to call the doctor right

now but you've go to be quiet.

-Please. She needs to rest, alright?

-Will you just go get the doctor?

Is the baby ok?

-You should talk to the doctor.

-You can't tell me if the baby is ok?

Can you wait for the doctor for just

one minute and he will explain, ok?

Can you just tell me

if my baby is ok? Sh*t.

This is crazy.

This is crazy, baby.

Little guy.

It's ok.

It's ok.

Don't worry.

Hi buddy.

It's ok.

It's alright.

It's ok. Look, look.

It's me.

In Jerusalem,

observing Jews will soon

begin their preparations

for the passover holiday.

But this year

the celebration of the Israelites

will again take place

against the backdrop...

-Hello?

-Marie?

Yes?

-It's Ted.

-Ted? Hi.

You there?

My wife's had the...

She had the baby, you know.

I'm not really sure of that.

I'm really, really, really bad.

They don't know if they're

gonna make it or not, you know.

My baby is so sick, you know.

So sick.

Can't even breath and he's...

-Do you love your baby?

-Yeah.

As his father would you do

everything in your power for him?

Everything.

If your baby asked for something

-would you give it to him?

-Yes. Yeah.

Do you think the father, your father,

would do the same for you?

You know what?

My dad's dead, but yeah, I can s...

No, I mean your Father, Ted,

the Father's always there.

He loves us more than

we humans can comprehend.

Oh well, if He loves me so much,

why is He doing this to me then?

Have you asked Him?

Have you spoken to Him?

How am I gonna ask Him if I don't

even know if I believe in Him?

How am I gonna go to Him?

I don't know how to speak to Him.

I don't know how to do that.

Well, He sent us a messenger

so we could understand,

so go to Him, pray, try.

I can't speak to God.

Oh Ted. Ted.

Ted, is that you?

How are you feelin'?

You o...? How are you feelin'?

-Did you see him?

-Yeah.

How is he?

He's ok, they're... they're

taking care of him, you know.

I didn't get to see him,

they took him away so fast.

I didn't even get to hold him.

Did you hold him?

No.

He was sleeping so I... I... I...

didn't want to wake him up, you know.

How does he look?

I didn't even get to hold him.

Oh man, he is so hansom,

I mean he looks just like you.

He's so... beautiful. Really he...

I can't wait til you see him.

I'm sorry I didn't know what to do,

I mean, your show was on and...

Don't even think about that.

I'm here, ok? I'm here.

What if something happens to him?

Just don't even think about that,

ok? Don't even think about that,

you need to just rest

and you need to get well.

I want to see my baby.

I don't care what the doctors say.

No, baby, baby, you got to rest, ok?

I'm gonna take care of it.

I'm gonna take care of it.

Not right now, you can't, ok?

-You just stay here, ok?

-Go see him. Don't leave him alone.

-You can't get in, you can't get in.

-Is he ok?

He's ok. You can't get in.

Peace I leave with you,

my peace I give to you.

I do not give us, the world gives.

Do not let your hearts be troubled,

do not let them be afraid.

If you loved me, you would rejoice.

The hour has come when you will be

scattered. Each one to his own home,

and I will be left alone.

Because they will persecute you

as they've persecuted me.

They do this to fulfil the word

that is written in their law.

They hate it without cause.

I've said these things to you

to keep you from stumbling.

The hour is come when you will be

put out of the synagogues.

Indeed, the hour has come

when those who kill you

will think that by doing so,

they are offering

worship... to God.

I've said these things to you

before they occur,

so that when they do occur,

you may remember

that I spoke of them

and you may believe.

Five,

four,

three,

two...

You have just watched the film clip

from the feature film

"This is my Blood",

which opens Friday nationwide,

and we are here

with Tony Childress,

writer, director and star

of "This is my Blood."

Tony,

why did you want to make a movie

about Jesus?

Well, 'cuz that gives a movie

maybe like a million dollars.

No, I'm kiddin'.

I mean, the... the story of Christ

today is as relevant today

as it was two thousand years ago.

That when Christ gets nailed

to the cross, it's you

getting nailed to the cross, man.

It's me getting nailed to the cross.

It's the whole society

getting nailed to the f***ing cross.

-Yeah.

-You know what I'm saying?

Have you been nailed

to the cross, Tony?

Do you know what it's like

to be nailed to the cross?

That's a... that's a...

You know, you're going deep, baby.

-That nailed to the cross...

-Friday night there are going to be

protests.

They are organizing protests

to picket your film

at your premier.

How do you feel about that?

I think that the people

that are protesting films

should have an opinion

and an idea about

what it is that they are protesting.

Religious films

are always subject to criticism.

Look what they did to Scorsese with

"The Last Temptation of Christ."

The thing is that it's a lack

of intelligence, it's a lack of...

Is it a lack of intelligence

or a statement of faith?

Is it a statement

of desecrating a God,

desecrating the...

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