No século XVII, dois padres jesuítas vindos de Portugal - Sebastião Rodrigues e Francisco Garrpe - viajam até ao Japão, sob ordens da igreja, na esperança de encontrarem o seu mentor, o padre Cristóvão Ferreira, que alegadamente cometeu apostasia. Nas terras nipónicas sob o regime Xogunato Tokugawa, que baniu o catolicismo e quase todo o contacto com o estrangeiro, os dois jovens religiosos testemunham a perseguição dos japoneses cristãos pela mão do seu próprio governo. Eventualmente, o par separa-se com Rodrigues a viajar até ao campo, interrogando-se sobre o silêncio de Deus face ao sofrimento dos seus filhos.
The Black Madonna is a 2007 action comedy film written by Nikolaj Peyk and Lasse Spang Olsen and directed by Lasse Spang Olsen.
Antonio, a filmmaker running out of ideas, has a vision of the city's patron, St. Nicholas, who asks him to make a film about his true story. So Antonio sets out on a journey in the myth's footsteps, crossing all the countries where the saint is revered. Turkey, Belgium, Holland, France, Russia, all the way to the United States, where he is better known as Santa Claus, i.e., Santa Claus. A journey in the midst of a melting pot of popular cultures and traditions, with all their contradictions, a journey through colors and religious rigor mixed together giving life to a sacred figure who is, at the same time, a consumerist model.
The last true rebellion is death to the world. To be crucified to the world and the world to us.