A Child Called Jesus (1987)

Roberto Bisacco, Pierre Clémenti, Bekim Fehmiu, Alessandro Gassman, Irene Papas ... see more  , Roberto Posse , Luciano De Ambrosis , Nouri Bouzid , Carmen San Martin , Maria Del , Matteo Bellina , Maurizio Donadoni , Fethi Haddaoui , Susanna Martinkova , Hélène Catzaras , Hichem Rostom , Martine Gafsi , Abdellatif Hamrouni , Aissa Harrath , Frederic Darie , Kamel Alaoui , Mounia Ourtani , Najah Neji , Ilaria Stagni , Abdulmajid Lakhal , Vittoria Febbi , Jacques Louis Arnold , Maria Pia Di Meo , Maria del Carmen San Martin , Franco Interlenghi

Filmed on location in Tunisia, the four-hour Italian TV production A Child Called Jesus mixes Scripture with Speculation. The film attempts to fill in the "missing years" of $Jesus, from ages 3 throug... read more h 12. When King Herod (Hatteb Semlali) fearing that the Messiah has indeed been born, orders that all Hebrew male children under the age of three be slain, Joseph (Bekim Fehmu) moves his family near Egypt. Here, Jesus (Matteo Bellina), sensing His divinity, expresses a desire to return to Nazareth. Travelling homeward with His mother Mary (Carmen San Martin), Jesus flashes forward to events that will unfold in his adult life (Alessandro Gassman plays the grown Jesus in these scenes). Originally presented in two parts, A Child Called Jesus was syndicated to American TV stations during the last week of November in 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi