La vie de Jésus

DVD - 2019

"With his stunning debut feature, the risk-taking auteur Bruno Dumont immediately established his reputation as an uncompromising iconoclast on the cutting edge of French cinema. Blending unflinching realism with moments of startling, light-filled beauty, La vie de Jésus finds unexpected philosophical richness in the quotidian, small-town existence of Freddy (nonprofessional David Douche in a revelatory, one-off performance), an aimless young man with epilepsy who, in his childlike simplicity, embodies both great tenderness and terrifying brutality. Leaving the film's cryptic title tantalizingly open to interpretation, Dumont dares viewers to see the divine in a seemingly dead-end world"--Container.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Religious films
Coming-of-age films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection [2019]
Language
French
English
Corporate Authors
3B Productions, Norfilms
Corporate Authors
3B Productions (production company), Norfilms
Other Authors
Bruno Dumont, 1958- (film director), Jean Bréhat (film producer), Rachid Bouchareb (actor), David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel, Kader Chaatouf, Sébastien Delbaere, Samuel Boidin, Steve Smagghe, Sébastien Bailleul
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Title and credits from screen.
Features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Bruno Dumont; 2019 interview with Dumont; Conversation between Dumont and critic Philippe Rouyer from 2014; Excerpts from two 1997 episodes of the French television program Le cercle de minuit; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; An essay by critic Nicholas Elliott.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital stereo.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Philippe Van Leeuw ; editors, Guy Lecorne, Yves Deschamps, Pierre Choukroun ; music, Richard Cuvillier.
ISBN
9781681435992
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