Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)

Original title

Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio

Directed by

Ermanno Olmi

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Italy

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly Bedouin nomad narrates the biblical story of creation and the great flood to his family. The film uses non-actor Bedouins and shows modern war footage to connect ancient scripture to present-day human violence.

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What happens

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (Italian: Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio; also called The Bible: Genesis in Australia) is a 1994 television film shot in Morocco, directed by an Italian film director, renowned Ermanno Olmi. It is based on the Book of Genesis, first book of the Hebrew Bible, where the creation of the world and the Great Flood are described. This film utilizes a cast of native Bedouins. Text of Genesis is read by a narrator, who at times appears as an elderly desert nomad telling the story to his extended Bedouin family. Modern clips of warfare and destruction are used to illustrate some Old Testament pronouncements about the evils practiced by mankind. The script fairly accurately follows the first nine chapters of Genesis, with a few added portions, like excerpts from the Song of Songs, Leviticus 26, and Psalm 50. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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