This film shows a portrait of Mary of Magdala, an extraordinary and brave woman in a time when men determined women's fate and everything had to be done according to the law given by "God". It takes the 2016 view of Pope Francis that Mary was the apostel of the apostels. She understood Jesus spiritual vision in contrary to some of the apostels who were conflicted.
If you want to see a dramatic or visual old fasion bible film, you will not like it but I found it respectful to the bible and true to core Christianity without "new age" embellishment. I felt a few profound moments due to the beauty of silence and words unpretentiously spoken. I actually wished they skipped dramatised music in a few scenes. These would have been more powerful without it. I loved the costume design with "homespun" fabrics, mending stitches and simple embroidery. It made me again realize that Mary lived in a time when people made their own fabrics and clothes. There is one point I found regrettable. This story gives the impression, they only know each other a few weeks. I would like to believe that it was longer, even though time does not need to determine a spiritual connection. In simplicity you find truth and "in silence you find god".
Review of Mary Magdalene
