Holy Week: seven classic films to review this holiday

In Mexico and in much of Latin America, Good Friday is a day to stay and stay at home. There is a series of film clbadics that appear year after year in programming and it's worth the detour.

Charlton Heston played in 1956 in the film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story tells the life of Moses and is based on the prince of Egypt, who is about a man who becomes the leader of his people, the enslaved Hebrew nation, heading for the exodus of Mount Sinaiwhere he receives the ten commandments of God.

For this movie it took 10 thousand extras, 78 horses (imported from Yugoslavia and Sicily), in addition to Charlton, Heston was in a hard training because most of the scenes, of the race, are the real actors who run the horses.

From director Stanley Kubrick, this film is based on the historical novel of the same title written by Howard Fast and published in 1951. He won the Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Film and four Oscars for Best Photography, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design and Best Costume.

This film was released in 2004 and was directed by Mel Gibson, starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth and Maria Morgenstern as Virgin Mary. The film was recorded in Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic.

This Mexican movie is from 1952 and recorded in the Tepeyac studios, the story tells how the miracles of Jesus had results until Judas betrayed it. This film participated in the Cannes Film Festival in 1954. The actor Enrique Rambal had a strict diet and carried the cross of the real weight.

The film directed by Ladislao Vajda in 1954 It was one of the commercial successes. Based on the homonymous novel by José María Sánchez Silva, the film revolves around Marcellin, who was taken over by Franciscan friars. One day, he prays to a crucified person who takes life and communicates with the child.

In an animated way, Dreamworks was created in 1998 and adaptation is based on the book of exodus. It was an animated film that was not distributed by Disney plus will tease before the year 2000. It has been nominated for the Oscar for best soundtrack.