Risen

Description

Biblical drama starring Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton. After the crucifiction of Jewish messiah Yeshua (Cliff Curtis), the body is placed in a cave sealed with a boulder. When it is discovered that the stone has been rolled away and the cave emptied, Roman Centurion Clavius (Fiennes) and his aid Lucius (Felton) are tasked with finding out what could have possibly happened to the body. As non-believers in the theory that the man has risen from the dead, Clavius and Lucius search the city of Jerusalem high and low in the hopes of finding the corpse. The cast also includes Peter Firth as Pontius Pilate, Stephen Hagan as Cleopas and Maria Botto as Mary Magdalene.