'Arthouse' Spanish (Catalan) reimagining of the end of Judas – that is a tad dull

This film succeeds in every way possible except to satisfy movie goers.

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Marc Garcia Coté

Oriol Pla

Jan Cornet

Gemma Ferraté

Eduard Sola

A contemporary evocation of Judas Iscariot escapes from his own guilt after betraying his best friend Jesus. He wanders into a forest and, lost, meets a mysterious young man. This is the story of the last three days of a repentant.

Tots els camins de Déu

All the ways of God, not man

This is an intriguing movie. It&apos;s not big on dialogue that needs to be followed and all the plots are more subtle than expressed.

It&apos;s intended to be thought-provoking and in this respect it succeeds.

I think it is desperately unfortunate that someone gave it the title in English &quot;The Ways of Man. It was a massive disservice to the movie and its content.

If I might explain why I think this...

&quot;Tots els camins de Déu&quot; is the original title.

&quot;All The Ways of GOD&quot;.

The sort of people who would choose to watch an arty Catalan movie that&apos;s almost silent, called The Ways Of Man are very different to the sort of people who would select to watch one called All The Ways Of God.

You could say that God is the unseen main actor, and this movie is all about God&apos;s mysterious ways. That would be closer to understanding the point of this movie.

The &quot;ways of man&quot;, on the other hand, is something already known, and we are reminded of it in the biblical quote in the first few seconds of the movie... It was the ways of man, i.e. Judas&apos; betrayal of Jesus, for 30 pieces of silver that led to the point of the movie. This is not, however, an overtly religious movie.

This movie is a reflection on guilt and how it can make us behave, and on any possibility we might long for, of forgiveness.

In theatrical terminology, you need to expect that this is a going to be a tragedy - depending on how you view tragedy.

If you like to watch artistic, thought-provoking movies where the meaning is subtle, the action is dead slow and mostly non-existent, with negligible dialogue, and with religious undertones (not overtones) then you may benefit from watching this movie.

I enjoyed the experience of allowing these concepts to be portrayed before me to provoke within me ideas and curiosity, but this is not a movie for mainstream viewers imo.

It is more of interest to those whose minds tend towards philosophy and who have at least some appreciation of Christian doctrine.

FWIW, given the 2 milliseconds or so of male nudity during a couple of seconds of underwater swimming, the warnings about nudity are ridiculously overblown.

Also the suggestion on IMDB and streaming services that this movie may be of interest to LGBTQ viewers is largely unwarranted and if there is a hint, it is not explored.

This movie is more a reflection; ideas, sadness, hope, guilt, loss than a traditional movie, and as such you should determine whether it sounds like something you wish to watch, or would prefer to steer a wide berth.

Basically, if you like, very slow, thought-provoking, art films then this might intrigue you, but if your taste runs only to mainstream cinema then walk away; avoid.

FWIW, I encourage you to seek out on the www, better English subtitles that the default ones. There aren&apos;t many lines of dialogue but even so, the supplied subtitles are dreadful.

This is an intriguing movie. It's not big on dialogue that needs to be followed and all the plots are more subtle than expressed.

It's intended to be thought-provoking and in this respect it succeeds.

I think it is desperately unfortunate that someone gave it the title in English "The Ways of Man. It was a massive disservice to the movie and its content.

If I might explain why I think this...

"Tots els camins de Déu" is the original title.

"All The Ways of GOD".

The sort of people who would choose to watch an arty Catalan movie that's almost silent, called The Ways Of Man are very different to the sort of people who would select to watch one called All The Ways Of God.

You could say that God is the unseen main actor, and this movie is all about God's mysterious ways. That would be closer to understanding the point of this movie.

The "ways of man", on the other hand, is something already known, and we are reminded of it in the biblical quote in the first few seconds of the movie... It was the ways of man, i.e. Judas' betrayal of Jesus, for 30 pieces of silver that led to the point of the movie. This is not, however, an overtly religious movie.

This movie is a reflection on guilt and how it can make us behave, and on any possibility we might long for, of forgiveness.

In theatrical terminology, you need to expect that this is a going to be a tragedy - depending on how you view tragedy.

If you like to watch artistic, thought-provoking movies where the meaning is subtle, the action is dead slow and mostly non-existent, with negligible dialogue, and with religious undertones (not overtones) then you may benefit from watching this movie.

I enjoyed the experience of allowing these concepts to be portrayed before me to provoke within me ideas and curiosity, but this is not a movie for mainstream viewers imo.

It is more of interest to those whose minds tend towards philosophy and who have at least some appreciation of Christian doctrine.

FWIW, given the 2 milliseconds or so of male nudity during a couple of seconds of underwater swimming, the warnings about nudity are ridiculously overblown.

Also the suggestion on IMDB and streaming services that this movie may be of interest to LGBTQ viewers is largely unwarranted and if there is a hint, it is not explored.

This movie is more a reflection; ideas, sadness, hope, guilt, loss than a traditional movie, and as such you should determine whether it sounds like something you wish to watch, or would prefer to steer a wide berth.

Basically, if you like, very slow, thought-provoking, art films then this might intrigue you, but if your taste runs only to mainstream cinema then walk away; avoid.

FWIW, I encourage you to seek out on the www, better English subtitles that the default ones. There aren't many lines of dialogue but even so, the supplied subtitles are dreadful.

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