Exodus (Woolcock, 2007)

Film Description

Margate is the unlikely setting for this modern take on the biblical story of Exodus, re-imagined in a futuristic Britain and exploring themes of identity, migration, terrorism and the search for a promised land.

Bernard Hill stars as Pharoah Mann, a politician who sets up a ghetto for immigrants and criminals, and the story focuses on his adopted son Moses, who leads the suppressed community to freedom and fights everything his father stands for.

Exodus was the first feature film from Artangel, the organisation that commissions and produces projects by contemporary artists. Here the collaboration was realised with the making and burning of Anthony Gormley’s 'Waste Man' sculpture.

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Related Genres

• Contemporary Film / Drama
• Contemporary Film / British