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His Only Son

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His Only Son	comment	A 2023 Biblical drama film written, directed, and edited by David Heller. It retells the story from the Book of Genesis of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac. The bulk of the story consists of Abraham and Isaac's journey to the place of sacrifice, accompanied by Abraham's servants Kelzar and Eshcolam. Along the way, they have run-ins with a group of menacing soldiers, and Abraham's past is examined through flashbacks and conversations.It is Heller's feature directorial debut and the first release from the theatrical division of Angel Studios, the producers of The Chosen.
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His Only Son / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
His Only Son / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: Abraham tears a circular piece of bread in half just before saying "We do it in remembrance." This deliberately pre-echoes Jesus' Last Supper and liturgies based on it, and the context (a discussion of blood sacrifice) implies a connection to Eucharistic theology.
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His Only Son / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
His Only Son / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: Ishmael's birth and banishment are a notable subplot in the flashbacks, but the closest we get to seeing Ishmael is a shot of Hagar pregnant with him.
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His Only Son / int_1f6983f7	type	Ambiguous Situation
His Only Son / int_1f6983f7	comment	Abraham's party comes across a tent bordello. The prostitutes' free-or-slave status is ambiguous.
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His Only Son / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
His Only Son / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: A non-humorous example. During Ishmael's conception, clouds part above the tent to reveal a crescent moon with a bright star between its horns—a modern symbol of Islam. This seems to be a nod to Ishmael's importance in Islamic sacred history, in a film otherwise told from a Christian perspective.
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His Only Son / int_2ed5e99d	type	Depraved Bisexual
His Only Son / int_2ed5e99d	comment	Depraved Bisexual: When Isaac offers to take the place of the kidnapped girl, the horsemen sneer that she's damaged goods anyway and imply that they'd be just as happy to sexually assault him.
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His Only Son / int_362461f6	type	Sex Slave
His Only Son / int_362461f6	comment	Sex Slave: The "stolen daughter" is heavily implied to have been taken for sexual purposes. Abraham's party comes across a tent bordello. The prostitutes' free-or-slave status is ambiguous. In the backstory, Sarah was forced into Abimelech's harem. Downplayed in this case since, per the Bible itself, she was spared from actual assault.
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His Only Son / int_3699bf0a	type	Eerily Out-of-Place Object
His Only Son / int_3699bf0a	comment	Eerily Out-of-Place Object: A subtle one: In one scene the Lord's robe is made of shiny white-on-white damask that would have been aesthetically puzzling (not to mention impossible to manufacture) during the time period portrayed. It's a little reminder that, as God, he's not limited by time or culture.
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His Only Son / int_3a42d36c	type	Gold and White Are Divine
His Only Son / int_3a42d36c	comment	Gold and White Are Divine: The Lord is always accompanied by white light and dressed in white robes.
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His Only Son / int_401fc6b9	type	Targeted Human Sacrifice
His Only Son / int_401fc6b9	comment	Targeted Human Sacrifice: The Lord asks Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, Abraham's son.
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His Only Son / int_7abba202	type	The Faceless
His Only Son / int_7abba202	comment	The Faceless: The Lord's face is never clearly seen.
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His Only Son / int_8b6e8d7	type	Anachronic Order
His Only Son / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: Downplayed; the main narrative is in chronological order, but interlarded with several separate streams of flashback.
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His Only Son / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
His Only Son / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Sarah, dismayed by her own infertility, suggests that Abraham should try to conceive a child with Hagar. When Hagar does become pregnant, Sarah realizes what a bad idea that was: Hagar lords it over her, and Sarah and Abraham are no closer to having a child of their own.
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His Only Son / int_984ef9ef	type	"Not So Different" Remark
His Only Son / int_984ef9ef	comment	"Not So Different" Remark: When one of his companions expresses disgust at another nation's practice of mass concubinage, Abraham points out that he, Abraham, is just as capable of evil. Based on the surrounding flashbacks, he's probably thinking of his treatment of Sarah and Hagar, which is similar (in kind, if not in scale) to the behavior under discussion.
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His Only Son / int_9c89a71a	type	Tribal Face Paint
His Only Son / int_9c89a71a	comment	Tribal Face Paint: Sarah has (probably anachronistic) Bedouin facial tattoos.
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His Only Son / int_c222c94f	type	Hiding Behind Religion
His Only Son / int_c222c94f	comment	Hiding Behind Religion: Escholam accuses Abraham of this, noting that nobody else has seen the Lord and Abraham could be inventing the encounters as an excuse to do anything he wants.
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His Only Son / int_c2afffe	type	Take Me Instead
His Only Son / int_c2afffe	comment	Take Me Instead: Abraham begs the Lord to take him instead of Isaac. Isaac offers to take the place of the kidnapped girl.
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His Only Son / int_c6538cc6	type	The Dulcinea Effect
His Only Son / int_c6538cc6	comment	The Dulcinea Effect: Late in the film the horsemen reappear with a kidnapped girl in tow, and within a few minutes Isaac is impulsively (but seriously) offering to exchange his life for hers. It's used to illustrate his innocent righteousness.
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His Only Son / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
His Only Son / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: After Abraham impregnates Hagar at Sarah's suggestion, leading to tension and misery within the household, Sarah calls Abraham out on it. Her logic is this: When she made the suggestion, she didn't have enough perspective to realize it was a bad idea. But he did, and still went along with it when he should have refused.
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His Only Son / int_dc031fde	type	Inelegant Blubbering
His Only Son / int_dc031fde	comment	Inelegant Blubbering: Sarah has two big crying scenes, in which the actress is uninhibited and the camera unsparing. And yes, there's snot.
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His Only Son / int_dcd423d2	comment	Affectionate Nickname: Kelzar frequentely addresses Eshcolam as "Esh."
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His Only Son / int_fadf1efc	type	Happy Flashback
His Only Son / int_fadf1efc	comment	Happy Flashback: Abraham's immediate preparations to kill Isaac are intercut with a flashback of Sarah and Abraham cuddling him as a newborn. In a particularly heart-wrenching moment, a shot of Abraham supporting little Isaac's head is immediately followed by a shot of him doing the same to bigger Isaac as he lays him on the altar.
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