Il vangelo secondo Matteo
Directed by:
Pier Paolo PasoliniScreenplay:
Pier Paolo PasoliniCinematography:
Tonino Delli ColliComposer:
Luis BacalovCast:
Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Marcello Morante, Mario Socrate, Alfonso Gatto, Luigi Barbini, Paola Tedesco, Rossana Di Rocco (more)VOD (3)
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A biblical epic that only the Marxist dissident Pier Paolo Pasolini could make, this intensely faithful adaptation of Saint Matthew’s Gospel depicts the life and teachings of Jesus Christ (Enrique Irazoqui, a Spanish economics student and Communist activist), whose unwavering compassion for the poor and defiant condemnation of moral hypocrisy make him a perhaps unexpected embodiment of the director’s own worldview. Stunningly shot amid the timeless landscapes of southern Italy and set to a soundtrack that encompasses everything from Bach to Black spirituals, The Gospel According to Matthew cuts past dogma and straight to the core of Jesus’s radical humanism. (Criterion)
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Enrique Irazoqui
Spain
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Margherita Caruso
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Susanna Pasolini
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The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
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Marcello Morante
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Mario Socrate
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Alfonso Gatto
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Luigi Barbini
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Paola Tedesco
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Rossana Di Rocco
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Ninetto Davoli
Italy
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Enrico Maria Salerno
Italy
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Renato Terra
Italy
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