- After WW1,ordinary citizens of a small Greek village plays the Passion Play in order to rebel against Turkish rulers during Turkish-Greek relations in 1920's.
- Greece, in the 1920's, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920's each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.—Sarvananda Bluestone <sarv@mhv.net>
- Against the backdrop of a prosperous Turkish-occupied village in 1920s Crete, Greece, where the inhabitants have reached an accommodation with the Turks, the villagers prepare for the annual staging of a Passion Play. However, the unexpected arrival of charismatic Priest Fotis' uprooted, starving flock will usher in violence and bitter conflict as the spiritual leader locks horns with the community's avaricious mayor and Father Grigoris, the local priest whose incendiary rhetoric divides the townsfolk. As a result, for fear of bringing the wrath of Agha upon them, the authorities reject Priest Fotis' urgent plea for mercy under the pretence of bringing economic hardship and disease on the village. And suddenly, Manolios, a humble shepherd playing Jesus, finds himself caught in the middle of a head-on confrontation. Must an innocent suffer to maintain order?—Nick Riganas
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