Moteris, kuri savo laikmečiui elgėsi nederamai, dažnai šėlo su vyrais, vulgariai rengėsi. Neapsikentę šeiminykščiai ruošėsi dukrą ištremti iš šeimos visiems laikams, tačiau filmo herojė pati paliko namus. Ir viso to priežastis Jėzus tuo metu pasirodęs Marijos kaime.
Juosta sukurta ne pagal Bibliją, o pagal graikų rašytojo Nikoso Kazantzakiso prieštaringai vertinamą romaną.
Filme Kristus rodomas kaip dvejojantis žmogus, kuris veda Mariją Magdalietę, susilaukia vaikų ir, sugundytas vaiku apsimetusio šėtono, netgi atsisako kančios, nulipa nuo kryžiaus ir priima pasiūlymą sulaukti gilios senatvė.
Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi, 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, who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self-promotion. Meanwhile in New York, television journalist Ted Younger presents a programme about the life of Jesus.
Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct "Mary," a modern-re imagining of the life of Mary Magdalene. Featuring candid interviews and on-set footage with Forest Whitaker, Heather Graham, Matthew Modine, and Juliette Binoche, "Odyssey," brings to bear an impressive tableau of Ferrara's colleagues as they discuss his unique approach to creating dynamic films.
Mary traces the lives of a woman caught in a scandal of adultery, another rejected and ignored because of her promiscuity, a third shunned because of a shameful condition, and a widow cast out from society, mourning the loss of her only son.
In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.