The first Christmas: plot, cast and streaming of the film
Tonight, 21 December 2021, at 9.30 pm on Canale 5, Il primo Natale, an Italian film of 2019 directed and starring Ficarra and Picone, will be broadcast. But let’s see all the information together in detail.
Plot
Sicily, 2019. The church of a small village, Rocca di Mezzo Sicula, traditionally organizes a living nativity scene. To direct the preparations is the priest of the church, Valentino, a fussy priest and very attached to the image of the iconographic nativity scene, who has delegated the task of solving any impediment to prayer, so much so that when a problem arises in front of him, he prays to the place to act. Meanwhile, Salvo, a clumsy and selfish thief of religious relics, after discovering the value of a little boy kept in the church of Valentino, decides to steal it to make money. Thus, he who is a convinced atheist, presents himself to the auditions for the living nativity scene, where no one is able to meet the needs of the priest. Only Salvo in the guise of Saint Joseph manages to get the part allowing him to enter the church undisturbed. Casually discovered by Valentino during the theft, he escapes with the relic in his arms, chased only by the priest. Arriving at a dead end, Salvo enters a reed bed following the directions of a mysterious girl wearing a red sweater. Valentino also obtains the same information from her: the two, having come out of the reeds, find themselves in a desert. Confused and disoriented, the two are captured together with other people by Roman soldiers. During the capture, however, Salvo loses the baby. The two are put to forced labor together with revolutionaries from whom they learn that they are in Palestine, at the time of the birth of Jesus.
The first Christmas: the cast of the film
We saw the plot of The First Christmas, but what is the full cast of the film? Below is the list of actors with their respective roles:
- Salvatore Ficarra: Salvo
- Valentino Picone: Valentino
- Massimo Popolizio: Herod
- Roberta Mattei: Rebecca
- Giacomo Mattia: Isaac
- Giovanna Marchetti: Sara
- Giovanni Calcagno: leader of the rioters
- Gianni Federico: Giuseppe
- Grace Ambrose: Noa
Location
Where was the film The First Christmas filmed (location)? The scenes, set in the year 0 of the Christian era, were mainly shot in Morocco, while some scenes were shot in Italy, in Sora and Arpino, in the province of Frosinone. The initial and final scenes of the film set in the present, were shot at the acropolis of Civitavecchia di Arpino and inside the church of San Vito martire always located in the cyclopean walls of the acropolis.
Streaming and tv
Where to see the first Christmas live on TV and live streaming? The film, as mentioned, will be broadcast tonight – Tuesday 21 December 2021 – at 9.30 pm on Canale 5. It will also be possible to follow it in live streaming via the free platform MediasetPlay.it.
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