The First Temptation of Christ (2019) on Netflix
After forty days in the desert, Jesus comes home to a surprise party for his thirtieth birthday, and he brings a guest the family has not met.
- Netflix2.5/5
- IMDb5.0/103,664 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
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Plot summary
Jesus, who's hitting the big 3-0, brings a surprise guest to meet the family.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The First Temptation of Christ (2019)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- On 24 December 2019 the headquarters of the comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro was bombed with two Molotov cocktails. A Brazilian Integralist religious group calling themselves the "Popular Nationalist Insurgency Command of the Large Brazilian Integralist Family" claimed responsibility, filming themselves in ski masks attacking the offices and calling the film blasphemous.
- Over 2 million people signed an online petition demanding The First Temptation of Christ be pulled and advocated boycotts of Netflix over perceived blasphemy. The backlash followed satirical depictions implying Jesus has a gay lover and that Mary smokes marijuana; the creators maintain the protests are homophobic.
- In January 2020 Dias Toffoli, president of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, intervened in the attempted censorship of the film, overruling a Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice judge who had ordered it withdrawn from the streaming platform.
