The Carpenter's Son
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A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces in The Carpenter’s Son. Joseph (Nicolas Cage), Mary (FKA twigs) and their teenage son Jesus (Noah Jupe) have lived for years under threat, clinging to their faith and traditions. But a stopover in a small settlement unleashes growing chaos when a mysterious stranger (Isla Johnston) tries to entice young Jesus to abandon his devout father’s rules. With every pull of temptation, the boy is lured into a forbidden world, as a terrified Joseph realizes that a demonic power is at work. Violent, unnatural events inexplicably follow Jesus, and he begins to experience nightmarish visions of the future. Finally, he learns the fearsome truth about his new playmate, as well as the child’s real name: Satan.
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Magnolia Pictures distributes in the US.
Filmed in Greece.
Nicolas Cage plays "The Carpenter."
FKA twigs plays "The Mother."
Noah Jupe plays "The Boy."
Written/directed by Lotfy Nathan (Harka).
It's said that this film explores "the rarely told story of the childhood of Jesus with a horror take." Specifically, filmmaker Lotfy Nathan reportedly takes inspiration from "the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas for the screenplay. Dating back to the 2nd Century AD, the text recounts the childhood of Jesus."