Testament: The Parables Retold

May 22, 2022

2h 0m

★ 7.8

Our nets will be His story.

Overview

Luke hides from the dreaded Temple Guard with the early disciples hoping to further his research into his report on Jesus, but he gets more than he bargained for when he begins to hear the great storyteller's own stories; the parables.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Roarlight

Testament: The Parables Retold Trailers

Cast

James the Just

Ben Turner

Ruth (The Talents)

Isabella Inchbald

Chantel (The Sower)

Grace Hendy

Massah (The Sower)

Anca Vaida

Deborah

Tina Barnes

Lacey (The Rich Fool)

Shavani Cameron

Simon Zealotes

Dylan Baldwin

Boss (The Sower)

Taryn Kay

Bill (The Rich Fool)

Richard Bobb-Semple

Chris (The Talents)

Louis Hall

Maestro (The Talents)

Ingrid Evans

Peter the Fisherman

Alex Francis

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6.8

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0.0

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7.5

The Gospel of John

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6.0

The Miracle Maker

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6.3

Hail Mary

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6.8

Fallen

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7.2

The Last Temptation of Christ

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5.8

Ben-Hur

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7.1

Quo Vadis

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6.6

Sweet Country

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6.8

Jeremiah

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8.0

Andrei Rublev

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6.7

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8.2

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6.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told

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