Gli amici di Gesù - Giuseppe di Nazareth (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Raffaele Mertes

Writers:

Gareth Jones (writer)
Gianmario Pagano (story)

Release Date:

29 April 2001 (USA)

Plot:

The people of Jerusalem are suffering under the reign of HEROD, and are hoping to be delivered from the Roman occupiers by the Messiah # whose arrival...

Plot Keywords:

Place Name In Title

Cast

Tobias Moretti	...	Joseph
Stefania Rivi	...	Mary
Massimo Reale
Ennio Fantastichini	...	Herodes
Francesco Dominedò	...	Simon
Franco Interlenghi
Omar Lahlou	...	Judas
Andrea Prodan
Mattia Sbragia
Imma Piro
Ida Di Benedetto	...	Elizabeth
Giovanni Micoli
Renato Scarpa
Gabriele Tozzi
Paolo De Crescenzo	...	Quirinus

Also Known As:

Close to Jesus (USA) (DVD box title)
Joseph of Nazareth (USA)
The Friends of Jesus - Joseph of Nazareth (International: English title)

Runtime:

90 min | Austria:96 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Epsilon TV Production

Movie Connections:

Follows Jacob (1994) (TV)

Very Insightful, except....

This telling is quite an insightful presumption of how Joseph and his family may have coped with their trial in bringing Jesus to age. There is nothing corny going on here. It appears people have got together to make this movie believable with all the good props. The clever producer has overlooked a few basic things stated in scriptures, though he has managed to fill in gaps historically unknown. After the voice of an angel notifies Joseph that Herodes has died Joseph and family, less several kids, come trooping home to Nazareth from Egypt when Jesus is about 12, but the other brothers and sisters are never mentioned. I wished to see how Jesus and his siblings lived. Never mind, because this is a story about Joseph and his goodness to his betrothed Mary when she mysteriously becomes pregnant.