By the time you finish reading this post, Spanish filmmaker Miguel Angel Fabre will most likely have been struck by lightening, grown painful boils all over his body, or at least lost a cow or two. The director’s controversial new film The Sindone presents the second coming of Jesus with a sci-fi twist.

The story revolves around a Cardinal determined to control the second coming of Christ by utilizing DNA from the holy Shroud of Turin to clone a new Jesus. The experiment is a success and the Cardinal places the Christ child in the care of a Catholic family not privy to his plans. When Jesus performs a miracle of great significance at the age of eight, he immediately captures the interest of the public. Realizing that he must keep Jesus under wraps for the sake of his experiment, the Cardinal must attempt to abduct the boy from his family, which has taken flight.

I have to admit that I’m intrigued by this premise. BUT … I also think it would play well as a comedy. Imagine how funny it would be if instead of one Jesus being cloned, there were 5 or 6 or 20? Think Multiplicity meets The Passion of the Christ.

But, I digress.

The Sindone stars Ciro Miro as Jesus Christ, Vanesa Romero as Maria, Miguel Molina as Judas Tadeo, and Veronica Mengod as Maria Magdalena. Also making an appearance in the film is scandalous Spanish porn star and model Maria Lapiedra.

Lapiedra rose to fame in Spain shortly after a staged prank left her naked on a popular televised talk show.

Lapiedra has since gone on to perform in a hand-full of amateur porn films and has been featured in numerous men’s magazines, including Spanish FHM.