Mary of Nazareth: From Nativity to Calvary
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Actor: Didier Bienaimé, Eric Jakobiak, Francis Lalanne, Jean-Pierre Germain, Myriam MullerBrand: QUESTAR INC
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: QD3686
Studio: Questar
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- MARY OF NAZARETH: FROM NATIVITY TO CALVARY (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of Mary of Nazareth: From Nativity to Calvary
Movie Review: Enjoyable Biblical movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie last night on TBN, and think I would buy it for a biblical movie collection, and I would enjoy seeing it again sometime. In production values, it seems like a made for TV movie. The authenticity of the sets and costumes were about average, I have seen better and I have seen far worse, although I really like Mary's families home and Joseph's workshop. The outdoor locations were good, very believable.
The movie is almost two separate movies, the first part being the Nativity story from the Bible, and this is where most Nativity movies, or movies about Mary end. But it continues into the story of Jesus through the Gospel until the Crucifixion. It should have been called Mary and Jesus maybe...
I almost didn't give it a chance when the opening scene had Mary walking alone in her village, greeting all the people including men, saying the phrase "Hi!", talking to men, and giving a boy on a donkey a high five! She goes into the shop of Joseph alone, before they have made any arrangements for marriage. I mean we know that young girls had to be very careful in public to protect their reputation, especially talking to men. I know they were just trying to show her as a well liked outgoing person.
In the second half of the movie, though they still show Mary often, she almost never speaks, and it kind of jars against the first half of the movie.
The actor that played Jesus was great, as were his apostles. The actor that played Joseph was good too.
They had a few elements from the Bible that you usually do not see in movies. For one they showed Herod when he broke out in sores before he died. They showed the instance where Jesus was told that his mother, 4 brothers, and his sisters wanted to speak to him outside of a room he was preaching in. Almost every movie about the Gospel never mentions the fact that the Bible states several times that Jesus had siblings. Another unique moment was Joseph speaking frankly to Mary about the possibility of her being stoned to death.
For some things, they had to dramatize or speculate as the Bible does not tell us everything that happened, but then this happens in almost every biblical movie, except "The Visual Bible Series" of films.
The picture and sound were good, music was good and not intrusive. There are many movies about the life of Jesus, and quite a few that include the Nativity story, and even some that are specific to Mary. But this one was a nice mix of all of these, and we enjoyed it. If you collect Biblical movies, I would recommend this for your collection.
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