A Virgin Mary, a limp Joseph, and a lonely director walk into a bar...
A story of art and sex in the city. In the fall of 2011 in NYC, an actress playing Virgin Mary, an impotent tourist named Joseph, and a lonely commercial director yearn for each other and something more.
Acting
Fiore's Mary burns with unfulfilled sacred-profane tension
Cinematography
Gritty 16mm NYC autumn that feels like a memory
Direction
Hozie's patient, voyeuristic gaze never judges
Director
Ben Hozie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hozie shot this for roughly $3,000 over two weeks, often stealing locations in the East Village.
Part of a wave of 2010s 'mumblecore erotica'—films like Lena Dunham's early work and the Safdie brothers' underground NYC, where sexual frankness replaced traditional plot.
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