Life of Jesus, The

Alternative title: La Vie de Jesus
Synopsis: A story of life’s brutality and exhilaration played out by turns within the quarters of a tiny Flemish country town. Here, positioned in relative isolation from the rest of so-called cultural Europe, the connections between individuals will take on a physical power inflected by boredom, by desperation, and by urges as raw as the earth.
With its frank, honest depictions of the body in the course of the sexual act, the film set a pattern on ‘sex on cinema screens’ that lasted for a good 10 years. The film also won the prestigious BFI Sutherland Trophy, Camera d’Or at Cannes, and the Prix Jean Vigo, European Discovery of the Year at the European Film Awards.
Series: Masters of Cinema
Language: French (Standard)
Country: France
Year of production: 1997
Notes: With English subtitles.
Subjects: Social Studies; French studies
Keywords: teenagers; unemployment; masculinity; sex in films; small towns

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