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Mesih, more commonly and officially referred to as 'The Messiah' ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5], but also referred to as 'Jesus'^[6], "Good Tidings of the Savior" in Farsi^[7], 'Jesus, the Spirit of God'^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12], 'Messia'^[13] is a 2008 Iranian film from the Islamic Republic of Iran, directed by Nader Talebzadeh, depicting the life of Jesus from an Islamic perspective, based not only on the canonical gospels, but also the Qur'an, and, it would seem, the Gospel of Barnabas.^[14]

Iranian actor, Ahmad Soleimani Nia plays the role of Jesus.

The director sees his film "as an Islamic answer to Western productions like Mel Gibson's 2004 blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ," which he praised as admirable but quite simply "wrong"."^[15] The film has two endings, one from the Christian bible and one from the Qur'an.

The Vatican has given the movie an award for promoting interfaith understanding.

It is a two-hour-plus feature film and a TV series shot for Iranian TV.^[16]. The movie will be adapted into a television series to be shown on Iranian TV later this year.^[17]

Variety state that "With over 1,000 actors and extras, it is one of the largest film productions ever attempted in Iran. It will air as 20 45-minute episodes after a theatrical version is released here."

==Plot

The gospels seen through a very different lens is the brief summary of what "The Messiah" is all about . Never has there been an attempt to portray Jesus, the great prophet of God from a mutually Muslim and Christian perspective . Perhaps what had been lacking in the popular media in the twentieth century is made up in the first years of the twenty first .

Cast and shot with the best in Iranian cinema which has proven itself in international arenas ,this project strives to reach an international audience. The fruit of a vast research that spans the spectrum of Christian and Muslim sources, it will push to challenge many contemporary beliefs ,that have become callused through the centuries .

The appearance of Jesus as prophet of God who is trapped within conspiracies to eradicate his message and to abolish his mission is the key plot in this twenty part series.Furthermore, the pronouncement of the coming of the final prophet of God after Jesus ,the missing-link between Christianity and Islam is emphatically portrayed . It is this luminous path through which the viewer is guided in this historical religious revelation.

In the final episode , the ascension of Jesus unto heaven is the ultimate unifying code between Christians and Muslims alike. The story will depict this final turn of events and inevitably hearken the believers worldwide for the final appearance of the Apocalypse.

Crew

Director of Photography : Sadegh Mianji
Sound : Seyyed Jalal Hosseini
Set & Costume Designer : Ahmad Soleimani-Nia
Make-up Designer : Morteza Zarrabi
Executive Producer : Abdollah Sa'eedi
Production Assistant : Sa'eed Kazemi

Notes and references

External links

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[1] ttp://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEJp8g5Ip07SZM6RoHz9OlRs5zBg

[2] ttp://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4297085&page=1

[3] ttp://www.ibnlive.com/news/new-jesus-film-through-the-eyes-of-a-muslim-director/60734-2.html

[4] ttp://ntalebzadeh.multiply.com/

[5] ttp://thedeezone.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/jesus-from-a-muslim-perspective/

[6] ttp://www.iran-daily.com/1386/2954/html/art.htm#s261540

[7] ttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1117917841.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

[8] ttp://biblefilms.blogspot.com/2008/02/abc-on-jesus-spirit-of-god.html

[9] ttp://healtheland.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/islamic-jesus-movie-from-iran-with-love-how-long-before-tbn-airs-it/

[10] ttp://directionstoorthodoxy.org/n/islamic_jesus_hits_iranian_movie_screens.html

[11] ttp://www.iranian.com/main/blog/darius-kadivar/islamic-jesus-hits-iranian-movie-screens

[12] ttp://www.sawfnews.com/Entertainment/47027.aspx

[13] ttp://ntalebzadeh.multiply.com/

[14] ttp://biblefilms.blogspot.com/2008/02/abc-on-jesus-spirit-of-god.html

[15] ttp://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hEJp8g5Ip07SZM6RoHz9OlRs5zBg

[16] ttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1117917841.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

[17] ttp://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4297085&page=1

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 [[Variety]] state that "With over 1,000 actors and extras, it is one of the largest film productions ever attempted in Iran. It will air as 20 45-minute episodes after a theatrical version is released here."
+===Plot=
+The gospels seen through a very different lens is the brief summary of what "The Messiah" is all about . Never has there been an attempt to portray Jesus, the great prophet of God from a mutually Muslim and Christian perspective . Perhaps what had been lacking in the popular media in the twentieth century is made up in the first years of the twenty first .
+Cast and shot with the best in Iranian cinema which has proven itself in international arenas ,this project strives to reach an international audience. The fruit of  a vast research that spans the spectrum of Christian and Muslim sources, it will push to challenge many contemporary beliefs ,that have become callused through the centuries .
+The appearance of Jesus as prophet of God who is trapped within conspiracies to eradicate his message and to abolish his mission is the key plot in this twenty part series.Furthermore, the pronouncement of the coming of the final prophet of God after Jesus ,the missing-link between Christianity and Islam is emphatically portrayed . It is this luminous path through which the viewer is guided  in this historical religious revelation.
+In the final episode , the ascension of Jesus unto heaven is the ultimate unifying code between Christians and Muslims alike. The story will depict this final turn of events and inevitably hearken the believers worldwide for the final appearance of the Apocalypse.
+==Crew==
+*Director of Photography :  [[Sadegh Mianji]]
+*Sound : [[Seyyed Jalal Hosseini]]
+*Set & Costume Designer : [[Ahmad Soleimani-Nia]]
+*Make-up Designer : [[Morteza Zarrabi]]
+*Executive Producer : [[Abdollah Sa'eedi]]
+*Production Assistant : [[Sa'eed Kazemi]]
 ==See also==