Risen (2016 film)
2016 American film
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- Risen is a 2016 biblical drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Reynolds and Paul Aiello.
- Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label released the film to theaters in the United States on February 19, 2016.
- Plot Clavius, a Roman Tribune of Legio X Fretensis, supervises the crucifixion of Yeshua (Jesus) and orders his men to guard the dead body.
- So Pontius Pilate orders Clavius to find the body, to quell an imminent uprising in Jerusalem before the Emperor arrives.
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WikipediaRisen is a 2016 biblical drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Reynolds and Paul Aiello. An American-Spanish co-production, the film stars Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, and Cliff Curtis, and details a Roman soldier's search for Jesus's body following his resurrection. Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label released the film to theaters in the United States on February 19, 2016. It received mixed reviews and grossed $46 million worldwide.
Clavius, a Roman Tribune of Legio X Fretensis, supervises the crucifixion of Yeshua (Jesus) and orders his men to guard the dead body. The body disappears, and the soldiers claim Yeshua's followers stole it to make it appear that he rose from the dead. So Pontius Pilate orders Clavius to find the body, to quell an imminent uprising in Jerusalem before the Emperor arrives. Clavius and his aide Lucius question people who claim to have seen Yeshua after the resurrection.
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