Mary

Mary is a 2005 drama thriller film, written and directed by the controversial American director Abel Ferrara. The film stars Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, two-time Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine and Heather Graham. The film premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize as well as 3 smaller awards. The film also played at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, Deauville Fi... more

Mary is a 2005 drama thriller film, written and directed by the controversial American director Abel Ferrara. The film stars Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, two-time Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine and Heather Graham. The film premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize as well as 3 smaller awards. The film also played at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival and San Sebastián International Film Festival. Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This is My Blood, Marie Palesi (Juliette Binoche), the actress who plays Mary Magdalene takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony Childress (Matthew Modine), who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self promotion. In New York, television journalist Ted Younger (Forest Whitaker) presents a programme about the life of Jesus. One of the central concerns of Mary is... less