''The First Temptation of Christ'' ( pt, A Primeira Tentação de Cristo) is a 2019 Brazilian
satirical comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
produced by the
comedy troupe
A comedy troupe is a group of comedians and associated personnel who work together to perform comedy as entertainment. The term is often used interchangeably with comedy group, and the troupe may specialize in a specific genre or style of comedy ...
Porta dos Fundos
Porta dos Fundos (literally "Back Door") is a Brazilian comedy YouTube channel. It was established in 2012 by Fábio Porchat, Antonio Pedro Tabet, Gregório Duvivier, João Vicente de Castro and Ian SBF in Rio de Janeiro. Its videos often fea ...
. It was released on
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fi ...
on 3 December 2019.
Plot
Jesus returns home after
40 days in the desert, where a surprise 30th birthday party awaits him. At the party, Mary and Joseph reveal to Jesus that his true father is God.
Cast
Reception
The
Christmas special
Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists and writers. A prominent aspect of Christian media, the topic first appeared in in literature and Christmas music. Filmmakers have picked up on this wealth of material, with both adaptatio ...
has faced backlash over its
satirical depictions, which imply Jesus has a gay lover and Mary smokes
marijuana.
Over 2 million people have petitioned online for the show's removal and advocated boycotts of Netflix over "blasphemy"; the creators maintain the protests are homophobic.
On 24 December 2019, the headquarters of Porta dos Fundos in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
was bombed with two
Molotov cocktail
A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – ''see other names'') is a hand thrown incendiary weapon constructed from a frangible container filled with flammable substances equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with fla ...
s.
A
Brazilian Integralist religious extremist group calling themselves the "Popular Nationalist Insurgency Command of the Large Brazilian Integralist Family" claimed responsibility for the bombing, even filming themselves attacking the offices while wearing ski masks; the group also criticized Netflix and labeled ''The First Temptation of Christ'' as
blasphemous
Blasphemy is a speech crime and religious crime usually defined as an utterance that shows contempt, disrespects or insults a deity, an object considered sacred or something considered inviolable. Some religions regard blasphemy as a religio ...
.
[
In January 2020, ]Dias Toffoli
José Antonio Dias Toffoli (born November 15, 1967) is a Brazilian lawyer who has been a member of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil since 2009, nominated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Toffoli was the president of the Supreme Federal ...
, the president of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil, intervened on the attempted censorship of the film, overruling a judge from the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice who ordered the film's withdrawal from the streaming platform.
See also
* ''The Last Hangover
''The Last Hangover'' ( pt-BR, Especial de Natal: Se Beber, Não Ceie) is a Brazilian comedy streaming television special produced by the comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos. It was released by Netflix on December 21, 2018.
Plot
The participants of T ...
'' (2018)
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:First Temptation of Christ, The
2019 films
2019 comedy films
2019 controversies
2019 LGBT-related films
2010s Portuguese-language films
2010s satirical films
Brazilian comedy films
Brazilian LGBT-related films
Brazilian satirical films
Christianity in popular culture controversies
Films about birthdays
Films about LGBT and Christianity
Films based on the Bible
Films critical of Christianity and Christians
LGBT-related comedy films
LGBT-related controversies in film
LGBT-related satirical films
Netflix specials
Obscenity controversies in film
Portrayals of Jesus in film
Portrayals of Saint Joseph in film
Portrayals of the Virgin Mary in film
Religious controversies in film
Religious satire films