Movies and TvShows featuring "religious-article" theme.
The Chosen is a coming-of-age story about a young Hasidic Jewish boy, Reuven Malter, living in Brooklyn. It explores his relationships with his father, his friendship with a Orthodox Jew and the challenges he faces as a teenager in a conflicted world.
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Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.
DirectorsEdward Dmytryk
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