He Who Must Die
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5/3/1957Runtime
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1920s Greece is occupied by the Turks. A country in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. A small community conduct their annual Passion Play. The leading citizens, under auspices of the Patriarch, choose the actors: a stuttering shepherd as Jesus, the town butcher as Judas, the town prostitute as Mary Magdalene, and so on. As the story unfolds, the Passion becomes a reality.
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A haunting meditation on how sacred narratives collide with brutal historical reality, as a humble shepherd cast as Jesus becomes entangled in actual violence and betrayal in occupied Greece. The Passion Play bleeds into lived tragedy, asking whether faith survives when the powerful silence the vulnerable.
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