剧情简介
The Nativity is a 2010 British four-part drama television series. The series is a re-telling of the nativity and was broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD across four days, starting on 20 December 2010. It was rebroadcast in two hour-long parts on the mornings of 24 and 25 December 2011. The series stars Tatiana Maslany as Mary| Andrew Buchan as Joseph| Neil Dudgeon as Joachim| Claudie Blakley as Anna| Peter Capaldi as Balthasar and John Lynch as Gabriel.。故事背景是二次世界大战后美国中西部小镇，一位作家回到伊利诺州的老家，在那里邂逅了在死亡边缘挣扎的赌徒，他俩到处游荡，试图使这个小镇起死回生，期间，他又碰到了一个放荡性感的女子爱上了他，反映他从渴望成名到觉醒的一段心路历程。全片文学气息浓厚，像是作家心理研究的个案多於一个戏剧故事，但导演文森特．明尼里成功地营造了时代气氛，对於几个主角的复杂性格也做了深入而有趣的刻画，演员演得有神彩，在平凡事件中令人感受到人生的苦与乐。。