Mary Magdalene is a 2018 biblical drama film about the woman of the same name, written by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett and directed by Garth Davis.

In the year AD 30 when Judea was under the control of the Roman Empire, a woman named Mary from the small town of Magdala begins to follow Jesus of Nazareth.

Peter says she weakened the group and Jesus and they part ways, with Mary vowing to carry on the message with her own voice.

In the closing captions, Mary is first identified as having been wrongly called a common prostitute by the early church in the first millennium.

[7] In April 2016, Mara's partner Joaquin Phoenix was in talks to portray the role of Jesus Christ.

[15] The film was shot in Rome and in multiple locations in Southern Italy including Matera in Basilicata, Gravina in Puglia in Apulia, Trapani in Sicily and Naples[16] in Campania.

The site's critics consensus reads, "Mary Magdalene has obvious reverence for its subject; unfortunately, it lacks enough momentum or depth of character to make her story interesting.