"ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FILMS IN THE WORLD." ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN
An angel comes to announce to Joseph that his wife Mary is expecting the son of God: Jesus. Having become a young man, his cousin John the Baptist makes him Christ. He withdraws into the desert for forty days and forty nights then goes off to preach the good word surrounded by his disciples. Betrayed by one of them, Jesus dies on Golgotha but resurrects three days later…
A poetic and political work, with a free and inventive form combining documentary realism and sublime pictoriality, The Gospel According to Saint Matthew was applauded upon its release by both believers and far-left revolutionaries. Confirming his break with neorealism, Pasolini offers with this film, both mystical and universalist, the most complex and beautiful modern work ever made on Christ.
THE FILM + THE SUPPLEMENTS
. PASOLINI: A RELIGIOUS MAN WITHOUT FAITH (10 mins)
What was the position of the most controversial Italian filmmaker regarding religion? Testimony of Hervé Joubert-Laurencin, film historian.
. PASOLINI IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH (15 mins)
In Rome, the priest Virgilo Fantuzzi discusses his meeting with Pasolini and the position of the Church regarding his work.
. A CHRIST IN CADAQUÈS (22 mins)
In 1962, Pasolini asked a young Spanish student to interpret Christ for his Gospel . Meeting 41 years later with Enrique Irazoqui in Cadaqués, Spain.
. VINTAGE TRAILER
DVD 9 – NEW RESTORED MASTER Original Version / French Version French Subtitles 1.85 format respected 16/9 compatible 4/3 – Black & White Film Length: 131 mins
