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Come Sunday (2018)

Come Sunday poster
Directed by
Joshua Marston
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Carlton Pearson, a popular evangelist minister, faces severe backlash and excommunication from his church after he starts teaching that Hell does not exist. The film follows his personal struggle as he loses his congregation and many close relationships.

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What happens

Come Sunday is a 2018 American drama film directed by Joshua Marston and written by Marcus Hinchey, based on "Heretics", a 2005 episode of the radio show This American Life. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Carlton Pearson, an evangelist minister who was ostracized by his church and excommunicated for preaching that there is no Hell. Jason Segel, Condola Rashad, LaKeith Stanfield, Stacey Sargeant, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Danny Glover, and Martin Sheen also star. The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in the United States on April 13, 2018, by Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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