Nicolas Cage has been on the upswing with some great flicks including PIG, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Longlegs and most recently The Surfer. While known for taking on unique and often unusual roles his latest in The Carpenter’s Son might be the biggest gamble yet. The film co-stars FKA twigs, Noah Jupe and Isla Johnston with director Lofty Nathan at the helm.

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The Carpenter’s Son follows a remote village in Roman-era Egypt that explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces in The Carpenter’s Son. Joseph, Mary and their teenage son Jesus have lived for years under threat, clinging to their faith and traditions. But a stopover in a small settlement unleashes growing chaos when a mysterious stranger tries to entice young Jesus to abandon his devout father’s rules. With every pull of temptation, the boy is lured into a forbidden world, as a terrified Joseph realizes that a demonic power is at work. Violent, unnatural events inexplicably follow Jesus, and he begins to experience nightmarish visions of the future. Finally, he learns the fearsome truth about his new playmate, as well as the child’s real name: Satan. Writer and director Lotfy Nathan, drawing from his Coptic Christian background, delivers a meticulously crafted, genre-bending supernatural thriller packed with unshakeable images of the divine and demonic at war.

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While you will have to wait until November 15th to see this unique vision on the untold part of Jesus’s life in theaters, you can check out the poster and trailer here now.