When I saw the coming attractions for the new film Risen -- which deals with a Roman tribune searching for the body of Jesus after reports of the resurrection -- I thought that it would leave the audience in suspense, intrigued but unsure whether these reports were justified or not. The movie is, in fact, robustly Christian and substantially faithful to the Biblical account of what transpired after the death of Jesus.
My favorite scene shows tribune Clavius (played by the always convincing Joseph Fiennes) bursting into the Upper Room, intent upon arresting Jesus's most intimate followers. As he takes in the people in the room, he spies Jesus, at whose crucifixion he had presided and whose face in death he had closely examined. But was he seeing straight? Was this even possible? He slinks down to the ground, fascinated, incredulous, wondering, anguished.
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