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The Gospel According to St. Matthew

A Motion Picture which will be seen by the entire world - up to the end of the world!

1965 · 2h 17m · Not Rated Drama
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Overview

Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the chief priests, and elders. They conspire to have him arrested, beaten, tried, and crucified, just as he prophesied to his followers.

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89%
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Fresh

Pasolini uses a complex but seemingly stark and simple visual style, and he evokes wonderful performances from nonprofessionals Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, and Marcello Morante.

Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh

This highly political interpretation of the passion is as scandalous in its own way as Mel Gibson's but more poetic, more contemporary in its impact, and more serious in its overall morality.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Certainly Pasolini's most satisfying movie.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

The consequence is a crescendo of excitement and involvement with the fervor and passion of Jesus and an accumulating sense of the irony and tragedy of Jesus' suffering, in historical as well as spiritual terms.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

Tells the life of Christ as if a documentarian on a low budget had been following him from birth.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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