First Image From LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT Features Ewan McGregor as Jesus In Exile

While absent from all of the big Sundance
updates we were posting earlier this week,
director Rodrigo Garcia ‘s new film Last Days In
the Desert will indeed be playing the festival next
month. Starring Ewan McGregor as Jesus, this
film is bound to pick up the usual dust that
accompanies movies that address this topic
without self-identifying as “faith based.” What
looks unimpeachable, however, is the visual
aesthetic of the film, which was shot by
Emmanuel Lubezki .
Hit the jump for a better look at the Last Days In
the Desert image of Ewan McGregor as Jesus.
The film also stars Tye Sheridan , Ciarán Hinds ,
and Ayelet Zurer. It premieres on January 25th
at 6:30PM at the Eccles Theater as part of
Sundance 2015 .
Here’s the official synopsis for Last Days In the
Desert:
Ewan McGregor is Jesus — and the Devil — in an
imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting
and praying in the desert. On his way out of the
wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over
the fate of a family in crisis, setting for himself
a dramatic test.