Passion Play
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| - | '''''Crash''''' is an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning [[drama film]] [[film director|directed]] by [[Paul Haggis]]. It premiered at the [[Toronto Film Festival]] in September [[2004]], and was released internationally in [[2005 in film|2005]]. The film is about racial and social tensions in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. A self-described "[[passion piece]]" for director Paul Haggis, ''Crash'' was inspired by a real life incident in which his [[Porsche]] was [[carjacking|carjacked]] outside a video store on [[Wilshire Boulevard]] in 1991. | + | |
| + | A '''Passion play''' is a [[drama]]tic [[play|presentation]] depicting the [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion]] of [[Christ]]: the [[Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus|trial]], [[Passion (Christianity)|suffering]] and [[death]] of [[Jesus Christ]]. It is a traditional part of [[Lent]] in several [[Christian]] denominations, particularly in [[Catholic]] tradition. | ||
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A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Christ: the trial, suffering and death of Jesus Christ. It is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations, particularly in Catholic tradition.
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