Passion Of The Christ

The film begins as Jesus prays in the garden of Gethsemane and is tempted by an androgynous figure personifying Satan. Jesus is arrested by the temple guard and brought to Caiaphas. Mary, mother of Jesus, awakes from sleep with feelings of foreboding and quotes from the Passover Seder, "Why is this night different than other nights?", and Mary Magdalene replies with the traditional response: "Because once we were slaves and we are slaves no longer". Caiaphas holds a trial of Jesus at night over the objection of some of the other priests. When questioned by Caiaphas, Jesus claims "I AM", which justifies Caiaphas' subsequent charge of blasphemy before witnesses. Caiaphas brings Jesus before Pontius Pilate to be condemned to death, but Pilate does not want to execute him and orders him scourged instead. Caiaphas pays the people in the crowd to demand the freedom of Barabbas rather than Jesus, and Pilate orders Jesus to be crucified. As Jesus carries the cross along the Via Dolorosa to Calvary, Seraphia (or Veronica) wipes Jesus's face. Simon of Cyrene is unwillingly pressed into carrying the cross for Jesus. After the death of Jesus, a single drop of rain falls from the sky. The movie ends with Jesus' resurrection and exit from the tomb, with the holes in his hands from the nails visible as he walks.