As a fan of Omar Sheriff, I was delighted to find this 2005 film in which he portrays a confused, penitent and endearing Peter. Yes, the film is long. But the length enables us to get to know the early followers of Jesus that are named in the Gospels/Acts. And we meet other imagined followers with whom we can identify in experiencing their fears and frustrations. The vast array of characters can become somewhat confusing since they are intermixed with events depicted in biblical stories through flashbacks into differing time periods. But the whole film succeeds in drawing us into the personal challenges of the earliest Christians.
Review of San Pietro
