The Apostle Movie

The Apostle is a film directed by Robert Duvall and the central character in the play. The development of the play is based on the calamity faced by Duvall as his adulterous wife is stealing the church away from him. The movie tends to express a theme of lamentation over a tragedy that befalls the Pentecostal pastor. The pastor who is a true follower of Christ as the mother confirms to the neighbor that his child has been talking to God since childhood and cannot be stopped now, speaks to God with a lot of rage over
what he is experiencing in his life. The paper within is a discussion on a critical analysis of the themes and structure of the drama ‘The Apostle’ found in the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQe1Kehx110.
The author of the movie developed the play in a way that the characters were portrayed in a perceptive light. The actors demonstrate the intricacy and impulsiveness of persons in a documentary. The ability of Duvall to paint his players in a manner that appears like real life builds on the strength and message of the drama. This is because the theme of the drama is based on real life experience and what people witness in their day-to-day life. Moreover, the whole play revolves around how Christians tend to lament to God when faced with calamities.
The movie also expresses different forms of deceit and pretense in the life of backsliding Christians. Sonny tends to fall back to God after realizing how adultery and anger have destroyed his life and fell back to the church for help. The parts played by Sonny tend to flow outside his lines of responsibility. Moreover, the drama is designed in a manner that is away from convention penetrating the hearts of the characters making them embrace the play. Therefore, the theme on how Christians lament in times of calamity was best expressed by the response of the characters to the designed wording of the story.