Friday, May 17, 2024
After the preview in Cagliari, Oristano will also host the presentation of the new film by Oristano director Paolo Zucca entitled “Gospel according to Mary”, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Alberti (Rizzoli).
Released in theaters on May 23rd, it will be possible to attend two screenings of the film in the company of the director on May 26th at 6pm and 8.30pm at the Ariston cinema. We recommend booking tickets, which will be available soon.
“Gospel according to Mary” will be premiered at the Spazio Odissea cinema in Cagliari at 7pm and 9.15pm. The information is available on the Cagliari multiplex website at this link.
The film has already been screened at the 41st Torino Film Festival, out of competition. The protagonists Maria and Giuseppe are played by Benedetta Porcaroli and Alessandro Gassmann
To shoot some scenes, the director chose some locations in the province of Oristano: in September 2022 the cast was in San Giovanni di Sinis, the small early Christian church had become the synagogue of Nazareth in the year zero.
The film tells the story of Mary of Nazareth. As a woman, everything is forbidden to her, even learning to read and write. But she dreams of freedom and wisdom. At the synagogue she gets excited about the stories of the Bible, like Don Quixote with adventure novels.
From the audacity of the prophets Mary learned disobedience, she dreams of escaping on a donkey and discovering the world, going far away. She finds in Giuseppe a teacher and an accomplice. Their marriage is chaste, a screen, while he secretly instructs her, preparing her for her escape. But here’s an unexpected obstacle: Mary and Joseph fall in love. They are about to abandon themselves to passion, when the angel of the annunciation ruins everything. God’s plan and Mary’s plan do not coincide at all.
“Gospel according to Mary” is a Sky Original film produced by La Luna, Indigo Film and Vision Distribution, in collaboration with Sky.
