The Apostle (1997)

134 min · Justice Drama, Marital Tragedy, drama film

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Directors

Robert Duvall

Cast

Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash, Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson, Todd Allen

The story

Euliss F. "Sonny" Dewey is a charismatic Pentecostal preacher in Texas. His wife Jessie has begun an adulterous relationship with a youth minister named Horace.

Catalogue themes and tags

Amends, Apostle, Baseball Bat, Beziehungsdreieck, Car Crash, Charisma, Christianity, Coma, Conversion, Eifersuchtsdrama, Flucht, Forgiveness, Gefangennahme, Gewalt, Glauben, Homily, Identity, Jealousy, Kirche, Kleinstadt, Louisiana, Moral, New Identity, Parish, Police, Prediger, Racist, Radio Station, Religion and Supernatural, Remorse, Restart, Schuld und Sühne, Sense of Guilt, Shelter, Speaker, Texas, Untreue, Verantwortung, Woman between two Men, ehebruch, Christian film, Drama, Indie

Genres

Justice Drama, Marital Tragedy, drama film

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