Billy Zane plays Barabbas, the man whose life was spared because of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Based on the novel by Par Lagerkvist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Barabbas is a story rooted in the Bible that will come to life on REELZ as a four-hour miniseries, telling the ultimate story of redemption. Barabbas was filmed in Tunisia and is directed by Emmy Award winner Roger Young.
A movie about Domenico Modugno, famous singer.
Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the father" respectively) is a figure in the account of the Passion of Christ, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus Christ.
Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has taken to her bed with depression. Super-mod brother and sister Titina and Salvatore take the boy under their wings, introducing him to demonstrations and love-ins, whilst caped superhero Gennaro visits Peppino even after being knocked down and killed by the number 12 bus. It is the imaginary appearances of this older superman cousin that help the nine-year-old navigate the complicated adult world.
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