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Making History
The Crucifix: Purely Christian?17 min
Available until 22/12/2025
16/04/2022
At what point does a cross stop being about the torture of the person upon it and becomes an abstract symbol? In the Middle Ages people didn't shy away from the terrible suffering inflicted upon Jesus. But over time, that suffering was sanitised.
Director
Jean-Dominique Ferrucci
Country
France
Year
2020
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