La Vie de Jésus

La vie de Jésus
A poster with the film's English title: The Life of Jesus
Directed by	Bruno Dumont
Release dates	1997 (1997)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

La vie de Jésus (English: The Life of Jesus) is the 1997 debut feature film by director Bruno Dumont. It was the winner of the prestigious BFI Sutherland Trophy, Camera d’Or at Cannes, the Prix Jean Vigo and European Discovery of the Year at the European Film Awards.

Freddy: unemployed, with learning difficulties and epilepsy, drives around on a motorbike and experiences his first sexual encounters in the rather depressing fields of the countryside of northern France. When the handsome immigrant Kader flirts with Freddy's beloved cashier Marie, Freddy plans to take revenge.

Controversy

Dumont included extreme close-ups of penetration in The Life of Jesus to emphasize the animal nature of the sex act, which takes place outdoors in a field. In order to keep a natural feel and atmosphere, the director deliberately used non-professional actors. Freddy and the other boys' sexual assault on a slightly overweight girl, also made for uncomfortable viewing. Dumont seemed to portray general pack behaviour as predatory, territorial and base, particularly among the younger males - with the elders of the village acting as a communal control but only as a last resort. Dumont's main aim was to maintain a gritty sense of realism, about both the subject matter and questioning the social fabric in a modern context.^[1]

DVD release

La vie de Jésus - Director-approved Masters of Cinema Series edition - Released in the UK 21 July 2008

References

↑ Erickson, Steve (29 November 2000). "Mysteries of Love". Minneapolis City Pages. Retrieved 4 December 2009.

External links

Films directed by Bruno Dumont

Life of Jesus Humanité Twentynine Palms Flanders Hadewijch Hors Satan Camille Claudel 1915 P'tit Quinquin Slack Bay

European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (Best Young Film)

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
300 Miles to Heaven (1989)
Henry V (1990)
Toto the Hero (1991)
The Northerners (1992)
Orlando (1993)
The Son of the Shark and Woyzeck (1994)
Hate (1995)
Some Mother's Son (1996)
The Life of Jesus (1997)
Festen and The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
The War Zone (1999)
Human Resources (2000)
Pellet (2001)
Hukkle (2002)
The Return (2003)
Stolen Childhood (2004)
Accused (2005)
13 Tzameti (2006)
The Band's Visit (2007)
Hunger (2008)
Katalin Varga (2009)
Lebanon (2010)
Oxygen (2011)
Kauwboy (2012)
Oh Boy! (2013)
The Tribe (2014)
Mustang (2015)

Sutherland Trophy winning films

Tokyo Story (1958)
The World of Apu (1959)
L'Avventura (1960)
Il Posto (1961)
Paris Belongs to Us (1962)
Muriel (1963)
Hamlet (1964)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1966)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
L'Amour fou (1969)
The Conformist (1970)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
The Hour of the Furnaces (1972)
Pirosmani (1973)
Martha (1974)
The Travelling Players (1975)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
The Scenic Route (1978)
The Herd (1979)
The Falls (1980)
Two Stage Sisters (1980)
No Mercy, No Future (1981)
Elippathayam (1982)
Sans Soleil (1983)
This Is My Country (1984)
Yellow Earth (1985)
Comrades (film) (1986)
The Terrorizers (1987)
Yeelen (1987)
Pathfinder (1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1990)
On the Wire (1991)
Proof (1992)
Vacas (1993)
The Scent of Green Papaya (1994)
The Silences of the Palace (1995)
Bob's Weekend (1996)
The Life of Jesus (1997)
The Apple (1998)
Ratcatcher (1999)
You Can Count On Me (2000)
The Warrior (2001)
Carnage (2002)
Osama (2003)
Tarnation (2004)
For the Living and the Dead (2005)
Red Road (2006)
Persepolis (2007)
Tulpan (2008)
Ajami (2009)
The Arbor (2010)
Las Acacias (2011)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Ilo Ilo (2013)
The Tribe (2014)
The Witch (2015)
Raw (2016)

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