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May 11, 2017akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a 2011 Polish-Swedish fantasy-drama directed by Lech Majewski, inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1564 painting "The Procession to Calvary" and based on Michael Francis Gibson's book "The Mill and the Cross." With a series of vignettes depicting everyday peasant life, the film focuses on a dozen of the 500 characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564. It is an interesting cinematic iterpretation of the painting with fantastic visual effects.