The kinetic fluency of the latter sequence also enlivens a pivotal chase involving an errant camel. Quieter moments, though, have a lyrical or transporting quality, especially when Storaro is shooting from Muhammad’s p.o.v.: a crescent moon reflected in water the child’s glittering vision of the Kaaba, Mecca’s central structure a joyous sprint through Medina, with its stream-washed fruit and baskets of rose petals. The would-be bravura sequence never transcends artifice. CGI elements can be similarly strained, as in the rain of stones that saves Mecca from the Abyssinian “army of elephant riders” led by Abraheh ( Arash Falahat Pishe) and presages the birth of the prophet. Muhammad’s compassion is evidenced in the kindness he extends to a group of slaves, while a drastically overdone scene at his foster mother’s sickbed announces his healing abilities in a way that’s as histrionic as Rahman’s score.
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Choppy transitions don’t help.īut between the variously stiff and schmaltzy scenes, Majidi taps into some wrenching maternal drama. Those not familiar with the story of God’s last prophet on Earth will spend a good portion of the running time trying to sort out who’s who. Majidi and co-scripter Kambozia Partoei have bookended the story with scenes set decades later, when Muhammad and his followers are fighting for survival against the sanctions of the pagan elders of Mecca, led by Abu-Sofian ( Darioush Farhang), who disdains the upstart worshippers of an “invisible god.” The bulk of the film is an episodic flashback to Muhammad’s childhood and the intrigue brewing around him. From a birth tableau not unlike the Nativity, through his peripatetic youth as a merchant with his uncle Abu-Talib ( Mehdi Pakdel), the figure of Muhammad is always infused with a white light that marks him as extraordinary, as does the profound effect he has on those around him. Muhammad is seen mainly from the back or with his long hair obscuring his face, and his voice is heard on occasion (in comparison, the last major film on the subject, Moustapha Akkad’s 1976 The Message, avoided onscreen images and dialogue for the prophet).
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