NOAH (2014)
Directed by : darren Aronofsky
Produced by : Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky, Mary Parent.
Written by : Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel.
Starring : Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Anthony Hopkins.
Music by : Clint Mansell.
NOAH
Story Line :
As a young boy, Noah witnesses his father, Lamech, killed by a young Tubal-cain. Many years later an adult Noah is living with his wife Naameh and their sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
After seeing a flower grow instantly from the ground and being haunted
by dreams of a great flood, Noah takes them to visit his grandfather Methuselah.
They encounter a group of people recently killed and adopt the lone
survivor, a girl named Ila. Noah and his family are chased by the
murderers but seek refuge with the
fallen angels known as the "Watchers", confined on Earth as stone
golems (
nephilim) for helping humans banished from the
Garden of Eden.
Methuselah gives Noah a seed from Eden and tells Noah that he was
chosen for a reason. Returning to his tent that night, Noah plants the
seed into the ground. The Watchers arrive the next morning and debate
whether they should help Noah until they see water spout from the spot
where Noah planted the seed. Once a forest grows quickly, the Watchers
agree to help Noah and his family build an
ark.
After birds fly to the ark, Tubal-cain arrives with his followers and
confronts Noah. Noah defies Tubal-cain and remarks that there is no
escape for the line of Cain. Tubal-cain retreats and decides to build
weapons to defeat the Watchers and take the ark. As the ark nears
completion, animals of various species enter the ark and are put to
sleep with incense.
With Ila having become enamored of Shem, Noah goes to a nearby
settlement to find wives for Ham and Japheth, but upon witnessing the
settlers'
cannibalism,
he abandons his effort and begins believing that the creator wants all
of humanity dead. Back at the ark, he tells his family that he will not
seek wives for his younger sons. After the flood they will be the last
humans and there will be no new human generations.
Devastated that he will be alone his entire life, Ham runs into the
forest. Naameh begs Noah to reconsider but, when he will not, she goes
to Methuselah for help. Later, in the forest, Ila encounters Methuselah
who cures her infertility. Meanwhile, Ham, searching for a wife on his
own, befriends the refugee Na'el.
After rain starts falling, Tubal-cain becomes angry that he was not
chosen to be saved. The followers of Tubal-cain make a run for the ark.
Noah finds Ham in the forest and forces Ham to save himself but leave
Na'el to die when she is caught in an animal trap. Noah's family enter
the ark except for Methuselah, who remains in the forest and is swept
away by the rushing waters. The Watchers hold off Tubal-cain and his
followers as long as possible, sacrificing themselves to protect the ark
from the mob and ascending to heaven. As the flood drowns the remaining
humans, an injured Tubal-cain climbs onto the ark and solicits Ham,
playing on anger toward Noah for allowing Na'el to die.
Ila discovers that she is pregnant as the rains stop and begs the
creator to let the child live. Noah interprets the ending of the rain to
mean he must ensure the extinction of humans and, against his wife's
protests, resolves that, if the child is a girl, he will kill her.
Months pass, and Ila and Shem build a raft to escape Noah's resolve, but
Noah discovers and burns it. Ila gives birth to twin girls. Tubal-cain,
Ham and Shem attack Noah. As they fight, the ark strikes a mountain and
Ham kills Tubal-cain. Noah prepares to stab Ila's twins, but he spares
them upon looking at his granddaughters and only feeling love.
Upon exiting the ark, Noah goes into isolation in a nearby cave and
Ham leaves his kin to live alone. Having reconciled at the behest of
Ila, Noah blesses the family as the beginning of a new human race and
all witness an immense
rainbow.
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