EXTRAORDINARY VISITOR

“It's over. He can't take another millennium,” the Virgin Mary wearily kvetches after materializing before an awestruck Pope. It's November 1999, and a reinterpretation of Scripture pinpoints the site of the Apocalypse as humble Newfoundland. As pilgrims and weirdoes swarm the streets to await the End, struggling TV talk-show host Marietta watches her ratings ascend when she passes off a mysterious stranger as a bona fide false prophet. The problem is that the faux false prophet is really a real Prophet. It's a bewildered John the Baptist, made flesh again after 2,000 years and sent to the Newfoundland city that bears his name to uncover a sign of hope for mankind in seven days – or else. But even though he finds a welcome with Marietta (and her mildly Unabomber-esque husband), the saint's divine duty is sidetracked by cell phones, sexuality, and mindless media worship. And time is running out. Blessed with a devoutly irreverent sense of humor and inimitably Canadian self-mockery, the good-natured spirit behind this comedic miracle comes as a major Revelation no matter what your faith. (A bit of Latin with English subtitles)