Risen (2016)

Peter Firth: Pilate

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• Lucius : [finding a note]  "Do not seek me. Do not follow or wander. Persecute no one on my behalf. I have seen two things which, which cannot reconcile. A man dead, without question. And that same man alive again. I pursue him, the Nazarene, to ferret the truth. Clavius Aquila Valerius." It's his seal, Sir. Must be a plague.

  Pilate : My right hand turned against me. How could he follow that Hebrew?

  Lucius : Perhaps... it's true.

  Pilate : Well, if it is... I'll kill him again.

• Pilate : The Nazarene... did you find him different?

  Clavius : I found him dead.

• Clavius : At this point any corpse could be the Nazarene. Still, I could find who took him. That's the threat.

  Pilate : Threat is a creature with many heads.

• Pilate : Your ambition is noticed. Where do you hope it will lead?

  Clavius : Rome.

  Pilate : And?

  Clavius : Position. Power.

  Pilate : Which brings?

  Clavius : Wealth. A good family. Someday, a place in the country.

  Pilate : Where you'll find?

  Clavius : An end to travail. A day without death. Peace.

  Pilate : All that for peace? Is there no other way?