The Return of the Prodigal

120mm film
2016

Inspired by Henri Nouwen’s The Return of the Prodigal Son.

“This is not a story that separates the two brothers into the good and the evil one. The father only is good. He loves both sons. He runs out to meet both. He wants both to sit at his table and participate in his joy. The younger brother allows himself to be held in a forgiving embrace. The elder brother stands back, looks at the father’s merciful gesture, and cannot yet step over his anger and let the father heal him as well.”