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Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) (TV)
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14 November 1999 (USA) moreTagline:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christian Bale | ... | Jesus of Nazareth | |
| Pernilla August | ... | Mary of Nazareth | |
| Melinda Kinnaman | ... | Young Mary | |
| David Threlfall | ... | Joseph of Nazareth | |
| Simone Bendix | ... | Mary Magdalene | |
| John Shrapnel | ... | Simon | |
| Edward Hardwicke | ... | Zachariah | |
| Hywel Bennett | ... | Herod | |
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | Elizabeth | |
| Toby Bailiff | ... | Young Jesus | |
| Michael Mears | ... | John | |
| Mark Jax | ... | Peter | |
| Anna Mathias | ... | Anne | |
| Robert Addie | ... | Pontius Pilate | |
| Crispian Belfrage | ... | James |
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Brazil:88 min | 60 min (3 episodes) | Argentina:88 minCountry:
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Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Germany:12Filming Locations:
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The best movie about Jesus. His mission, his sacrifice are not the fruits of a gorgeous planning but the result of relations with others. Jesus is God but he is man, in same measure. He is actor of his life and just this fact is insignificant in many interpretations of Crist activity.
Mary is his mother but she is more. The friendship between mum and son is present in each society and it is the basis of the child education. For first time, Jesus is not a victim, master or victim, The Resurrection is not his great gesture. He is the son and Christian Bale builds a touching character. The tales, the dialogs, the joy and the fear are parts of his presence and means to define him. It is normal if Mary is the most important source and witness of the miracle of his son's work.
But the trump of film is the Geraldine Chaplin's interpretation. A powerful presence in a exciting role. Elisabeth is not a flat character, a secondary person but the one of sacrifices who offers the strong essence of a religion.
The end, with icons from every cultural space suggests not only the Christian spiritual power but the personal image about believe.
Mary is a symbol.Like mother, witness and saint. Like Teothokos and Madonna. Like model and purity ideal. But his image is present in any woman (mother, wife, sister, nun). The image of same Annunciation. And this movie is, for me, a messenger of this truth.