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Mary of Nazareth (2012)
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Mary of Nazareth (2012)
Original name: Maria di Nazaret
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary, a young Galilean, virginal conceived the Messiah, the Son of God. Her husband Joseph, a humble carpenter, decided to stay by his side throughout. When Caesar Augustus ordered the Jews to register people, the couple embarks on a journey to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. Meanwhile, Maria Magdalena, a young woman from the same town that Mary, turns away from God and placed in the palace of King Herod, Herodias where convinces her to lose her innocence in the arms of the king's son.
Style: biblical, christian film, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot: virgin mary, bible, jesus, saint, christianity, religion, religious faith, religious, bible story, belief in god, faith, mother and son, lifestyle, church, christian, nativity, biblical stories, crucifixion of jesus, biopic, bare chested male, jesus christ, loincloth
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out biblical, christian film, captivating and serious films with plots about bible, jesus, religion, christian, religious, christianity and faith mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Mary of Nazareth: The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993), Resurrection (2021), Jeremiah (1998), Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018), Full of Grace (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993)
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Resurrection (2021)
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Full of Grace (2015)
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Duration: 83 min.
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Mary of Nazareth (1995)
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Jesus of Nazareth (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, Spain, Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
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