Welcome to the Movie Club! Today’s movie is Rodrigo Garcia’s biblical drama Last Days in the Desert.
Last Days in the Desert stars Ewan McGregor in dual roles as both Yeshua and The Demon in an adaptation of the biblical story of the temptation of Christ. During his fast, Yeshua meets a father, his dying wife and their son, building a home out in the desert, and he struggles to help them while having his faith tested by The Demon.
Last Days in the Desert premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25 2015. That was followed by screenings at a number of festivals before a limited release in the US over a year later on May 16 2016.1 Box office information is rather scarce, with The Numbers reporting a total of only $6,948 in the box office (and another $135,974 in DVD sales) despite the movie having been released in multiple countries.2 It was warmly received by critics though, and currently has a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.3
Trivia4
- Ewan McGregor would practice the scenes where he plays both Yeshua and The Demon with his long time stunt double, Nash Edgerton.
- The movie was shot over the course of 5 weeks in a desert called Anza-Borrego in California
Up Next: Back to something more lighthearted, with Scott Sanders’ blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite! We’ll meet to discuss it on April 24 at 12PM EST. Check out the trailer and where it’s playing below:
USA
- Stream: Tubi (with ads)
- Rent or Buy: Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Google Play, YouTube
Canada
- Stream: Crave (Free?), CTV (with ads)
- Rent or Buy: Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, CosmoGO
UK
- Stream: Prime Video, Icon (via Prime Video), Plex
Rent or Buy: Apple TV, Sky Store
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