A Rio de Janeiro court has ordered Netflix to take down the 'The First Temptation of Christ' from its streaming platform
on Thursday that it had yet to receive official notification of the judge's ruling, but the streaming giant had gone ahead and filed a complaint before Brazil's Supreme Court based on the right to freedom of expression.
"We strongly support artistic expression and we'll be fighting to defend this important principle, which goes to the heart of great storytelling," Netflix said in a company statement.depicts Jesus returning home on his 30th birthday and insinuates he is gay. Religious groups bristled at the depiction, while creators of the film have defended it as legitimate freedom of expression.
In the ruling on Wednesday judge Benedicto Abicair opines that the "The right to freedom of expression…is not absolute," according to a
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