Monty Python's Life of Brian and Michael Palin alongside mayor Sue Jones-Davies (who portrayed Judith Iscariot in the film). However, before the showing, an Aberystwyth University student discovered that a ban had only been discussed by the council and in fact that it had been shown (or scheduled to be shown) at a cinema in the town in 1981. In 2013, a German official in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia considered the film to be possibly offensive to Christians and hence subject to a local regulation prohibiting its public screening on Good Friday, despite protests by local atheists. In New York (the film's release in
A Brand New Life (2009 film) A Brand New Life (2009 film) A Brand New Life () is a 2009 film. The film is the debut feature of the director Ounie Lecomte, who directed and wrote this film. Loosely based on Lecomte's own experience, "A Brand New Life" is set in Seoul in 1975, and is about a girl who is left in a Catholic orphanage by her father, and her struggle to adjust to her new life. "A Brand New Life" was released in South Korea on October 29, 2009. The film grossed over US$167,776, and was well received by critics. It won several awards