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Messiah

TV·2020–2020·Netflix·Drama, Thriller, Mystery·45m·6.9·Created by Michael Petroni

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Messiah explores the lines among religion, faith and politics. It chronicles the modern world's reaction to a man who first appears in the Middle East creating a groundswell of followers around him claiming he is the Messiah. Is he sent from God or is he a dangerous fraud bent on dismantling the world's geopolitical order? The story unfolds from multiple points of view, including a young CIA agent, an Israeli Shin Bet officer, a Latino preacher and his Texan daughter, a Palestinian refugee and the media, among others.

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Mehdi DehbiMehdi Dehbial-MasihMichelle MonaghanMichelle MonaghanEva GellerJohn OrtizJohn OrtizFelix IgueroTomer SisleyTomer SisleyAvrim DahanStefania LaVie OwenStefania LaVie OwenRebecca IgueroSayyid El AlamiSayyid El AlamiJibril HassanWil TravalWil TravalWill MathersJane AdamsJane AdamsMiriam Keneally

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