Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he’s not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python’s signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian’s life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

• anarchic comedy
• balcony
• bethlehem
• christianity
• crucifixion
• cult film
• doomed man
• dying and death
• gladiator
• graffiti
• independence movement
• jesus christ
• jewry
• latin
• miracle
• parody
• religion
• resistance
• roman empire
• satire
• sermon on the mount
• stoning
• three kings