IL VANGELO SECONDO MATTEO
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
Pier Paolo Pasolini / France, Italy / 1964 / 137 min / Colour
Pier Paolo Pasolini traces the life of Jesus Christ, from the Annunciation to the Resurrection, faithfully following the text of the Gospel according to Matthew and depicting a Christ more human than divine. Among the mountain locations of the film, Pasolini chose the Sassi di Matera, the Lucanian village of Barile, the rocky environments of Massafra, the hills of the Murgia, the Chia waterfalls, and the Etna Valley.
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Poet, novelist, director, and actor, Pier Paolo Pasolini is considered one of the most important artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century. Born in Bologna in 1922 and raised between Emilia and Friuli, he moved to Rome in the 1950s. He began in cinema collaborating with Federico Fellini on Le notti di Cabiria. His first film, Accattone, was followed by another twenty, until the time of his tragic death in 1975, after censorship, praise, criticism, and progressive worldwide fame.
Credits
Screenplay Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography Tonino Delli ColliEditing Nino BaragliMusic Bach, MozartMain cast Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate, Settimio Di Porto, Otello Sestili, Enzo Siciliano, Giorgio Agamben, Ferruccio NuzzoProducer Alfredo BiniProduction company Arco Film
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