FamilyDrama

Journey to Bethlehem

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A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown.

Release Date : 2023-11-09

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Affirm FilmsSPACE + ART EntertainmentMonarch MediaNight Light

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mary

Original Name : Fiona Palomo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joseph

Original Name : Milo Manheim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melchior

Original Name : Omid Djalili

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gaspar

Original Name : Rizwan Manji

Gender : Male

Character Name : Balthazar

Original Name : Geno Segers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deborah

Original Name : Moriah Peters

Gender : Female

Character Name : General Antipater

Original Name : Joel Smallbone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Archangel Gabriel

Original Name : Lecrae

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebekah

Original Name : Stephanie Gil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joachim

Original Name : Antonio Cantos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ana

Original Name : María Pau Pigem

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rachel

Original Name : Alicia Borrachero

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jacob

Original Name : Antonio Gil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Herod the Great

Original Name : Antonio Banderas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant

Original Name : Pedro Aijón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Census Taker

Original Name : Ricard Serra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Unhappy Man

Original Name : Juan José Marco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Healer

Original Name : Eric Halverson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Juan Jesús Di Manuel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Magi's Servant Girl

Original Name : Daniela Riveri

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elizabeth

Original Name : Yaël Belicha

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zachariah

Original Name : José María Rueda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Sheperd Girl

Original Name : Zoe Arnao

Gender : Female

Character Name : Baby Jesus

Original Name : Manuel Lozano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Innkeeper

Original Name : Eduardo Rejón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Jesus

Original Name : Andrés Merino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Antipater

Original Name : Adrià Nebot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shepherd Girl's Father

Original Name : Fran Llorente

Gender : Male

Character Name : Healer

Original Name : Eric Halfvarson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fig

Original Name : Panda the Donkey

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-24

Scene stealing megalomanic King Herod (Antonio Banderas) hams up marvellously in this enjoyable if totally forgettable pre-Nativity Christmas story. He presides over the kingdom of Judah towards which three magi are heading when they espy a bright star in the sky portending an event of great importance. Meantime, the well educated Mary (Fiona Paloma) is regaling against an arranged marriage with a man she's never even met! Anyway, times being what they are, she has to acquiesce and meets the fairly easy on the eye Joseph (Milo Manheim). It's not exactly hate a first sight, but one night she get's another - more celestial - visitor who leaves her with quite a belly ache. She tells her folks, then her would-be husband and is soon, unsurprisingly, on her own... Quite why Gabriel couldn't just have told everyone at once? Anyway, the increasingly paranoid Herod gets wind of this impending miracle and uses the three kings and his son Antipater (Joel Smallbone) to track down and destroy the potential usurper. That fact that we still celebrate Christmas eliminates any sense of jeopardy so this is essentially just a light-hearted piece of musical theatre that uses the two slightly soporific stars to tell us a story of when Mary met Joseph. The songs are standard fayre with plenty of perfect choreography, some earnest lyrics about love and loyalty (and a fun song from Banderas about absolute power) before Omid Djalili's visiting Melchior tries to explain what myrrh is for. It's wordy, cheesy but joyous seasonal stuff that I was rather surprised to find got a cinema release in the UK. You shouldn't hate it.