The Book of Life

by Hal Hartley

Jesus, with his assistant Mary Magdalene, lands at New York airport the 31st December 1999. Satan is in town too and wanders from bar to bar looking for souls to corrupt. The end of time is close and Jesus is supposed to decide the destiny of human beings. He instead opposes his Father's will, trying to roll over the Apocalypse terms and to get rid of the Book of Revelation where the destiny of the world is written. God's anger overthrows the skies of New York...
Country: Usa
Year: 1998
Running time: 63'
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Hal Hartley
Cinematography: Jim Denault
Editing: Steve Hamilton
Music: P. J. Harvey, P. Comelade, David Byrne, Ben Watt, Yo La Tengo
With: Martin Donovan, P. J. Harvey, Thomas Jay Ryan, Dave Simonds, Miho Nikaido, D.J. Mendel, Katreen Hardt
Produced by: La Sept ARTE, Haut et Court, True Fiction Pictures