The Young Messiah
“Before he was the savior, he was a child.”
Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
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Cast
21 people
Adam Greaves-Neal
Jesus
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Sherlock
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Jarreth Merz
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Sara Lazzaro
Mary
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Doc
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Vincent Walsh
Joseph
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Billy the Kid
Lost Girl
Sean Bean
Severus
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Game of Thrones
The Martian
Jonathan Bailey
Herod
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Bridgerton
Broadchurch
Isabelle Adriani
Seleni
Known for
The Big Heart of Girls
What a Beautiful Day
Rory Keenan
The Demon
Known for
Peaky Blinders
The Regime
Dorotea Mercuri
Eleazer's Mother
Known for
What Will Become Of Us
Jarreth J. Merz
Eleazer's Father
Known for
SIX
The Odyssey
Agni Scott
Miriam
Known for
Absentia
House of Saddam
Paola Lavini
Crying Mother #2
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Opposites Attract
Forgive Us Our Debts
Cyrus Nowrasteh Director · Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh Screenplay Anne Rice Author
Worldwide gross $6.5M · Budget $18M · United States release March 11, 2016
Box office
Budget
$18,500,000
Worldwide gross
$6,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Ocean Blue Entertainment
Production
CJ Entertainment
Production
1492 Pictures
Production
Focus Features
Studio · Production
United States · South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Argentina · March 10, 2016
Theatrical
United States · March 11, 2016
Theatrical
Brazil
March 10, 2016 · Theatrical
Colombia
March 10, 2016 · Theatrical
France
March 19, 2020 · Digital · VOD
March 19, 2020 · Physical · DVD
October 9, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
May 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 24, 2016 · Theatrical
Mexico
March 10, 2016 · Theatrical
Singapore
March 10, 2016 · Theatrical
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