THE PROPHET AND THE SPACE ALIENS

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THE PROPHET AND THE SPACE ALIENS

By Yoav SHAMIR

RESERVOIR DOCS - as SALES All rights, Israel, Palestine, The Netherlands, Austria, French-speaking Canada, South Tirol

Comedy - Completed 2020

“The Prophet and The Space Aliens" follows Rael, who after an alleged encounter with extraterrestrials - that appointed him the "last prophet" - became the founder and leader of the world’s biggest UFO religion.

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Fantasia FF 2020

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Docaviv 2020

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- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary
- Countries
- ISRAEL, AUSTRIA, SOUTH AFRICA
- Languages
- ENGLISH, FRENCH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 86 mn
- Director(s)
- Yoav SHAMIR
- Writer(s)
- Yoav SHAMIR
- Producer(s)
- Yoav SHAMIR (YOAV SHAMIR FILMS), Steven MARKOWITZ (BIG WORLD CINEMA), Vincent LUCASSEN (WILDART FILM), Tanya AIZIKOVICH (YOAV SHAMIR FILMS)
- Synopsis
- What is the difference between a cult and a religion? Why is it easier for us to accept the story of a man who talked to a burning bush than it is to accept the story of a man who received a prophecy from extraterrestrials? Had there been documentaries about celebrated prophets made during their lifetimes, what kinds of uncomfortable secrets would’ve been revealed?
  
  Upon receiving a mysterious invitation, award-winning director Yoav Shamir recruits one of the world’s leading historians of religion, Prof. Daniel Boyarin, as his mentor and sets off on a thought-provoking, humorous quest that takes Shamir from Rael’s beautiful home in Okinawa to his sleepy hometown in France; from the Raelians’ “pleasure hospital” in Burkina Faso to the growing Raelian communities in Asia, Europe and North America.

THE PROPHET AND THE SPACE ALIENS

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