Writer and director Lotfy Nathan (12 O’Clock Boys, Harka) draws from his Coptic Christian background, delivering a meticulously crafted, genre-bending supernatural thriller packed with unshakeable images of the divine and demonic at war.There follows a "Director's Statement" by Mr. Nathan. You can read it yourself and see what you think. It looks to me like an attempt at damage control after the negative reactions to the grim trailer for the movie.
I doubt it will have much effect. People either like graphic horror or they don't. The natural target audience for the subject matter likely won't be very interested. But we'll see.
Past posts on the upcoming film and the trailers are here, here, and here, with links for the Infancy Gospel of Thomas.
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