Mary (2005 film)

Mary
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Directed by	Abel Ferrara
Produced by	Roberto De Nigris David Hausen Fernando Sulichin
Written by	Abel Ferrara Mario Isabella Simone Lageoles Scott Pardo
Starring	Juliette Binoche Forest Whitaker Marion Cotillard Matthew Modine Heather Graham Victoria Justice
Music by	Francis Kuipers
Cinematography	Stefano Falivene
Edited by	Patrizio Marone Adam Mcclelland Fabio Nunziata Langdon Page Julia Ruell
Production company	Central Films
Distributed by	Pan Europeene (France) IFC Films (USA)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy France United States
Language	English Hebrew French

Mary is a 2005 drama thriller film, written and directed by American director Abel Ferrara. The film stars Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, Matthew Modine and Heather Graham.

The film premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize as well as 3 smaller awards. The film also played at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival and San Sebastián International Film Festival.

Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi (Juliette Binoche), the actress who plays Mary Magdalene takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the story.

The director of the film, Tony Childress (Matthew Modine), who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self-promotion.

In New York, television journalist Ted Younger (Forest Whitaker) presents a programme about the life of Jesus.

One of the central concerns of Mary is the examination of the feminine within the Catholic tradition. Like The Da Vinci Code the film puts forward the theory that Mary Magdalene is much more significant than the Catholic Gospels would suggest. However while The Da Vinci Code suggests that Mary Magdalene was the lover or wife of Jesus, Ferrara's film presents the theory that she was in fact one of the disciples and a trusted confidante of Christ.

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