The logline for “The Carpenter’s Son” might be high-concept — Mary and Joseph try to protect a teen Jesus, whose burgeoning miracles seem like witchcraft to the community around him — but Nicolas Cage , who plays Joseph, says he had a very specific read on the Biblical horror movie.

“I have always been drawn to movies about family, beginning with ‘East of Eden’ and ‘Ordinary People,’ and in my own work, I’ve tried to gravitate towards family dramas in particular. I couldn’t think of a more compelling family dynamic than the nativity itself,” he says. “Particularly as it pertains to Joseph, as parents, we’re all under immense pressure to protect and guide and to keep healthy and keep safe our children. But imagine Joseph, who has been called to protect and guide that which is divine, tha

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