La vie de Jésus (1997)

Director:

Bruno Dumont

Writer:

Bruno Dumont (scenario)

Release Date:

4 June 1997 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A social movie about life nowadays in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Arab | Love | Motorcycle | Mourning

Awards:

9 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

  (Credited cast)

David Douche	...	Freddy
Marjorie Cottreel	...	Marie
Kader Chaatouf	...	Kader
Sébastien Delbaere	...	Gégé
Samuel Boidin	...	Michou
Steve Smagghe	...	Robert
Sébastien Bailleul	...	Quinquin
Geneviève Cottreel	...	Freddy's mother (Yvette)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suzanne Berteloot	...	Infirmière (as Suzanne Bertelot)
Jeanne	...	Freddy's mother (Double for nude scenes)
Sophie Ruckebusch	...	Majorette

Also Known As:

The Life of Jesus (USA)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Norway:15 | Singapore:R(A) | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Bailleul, Nord, France

Company:

3B Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Kinomagazin: Das Schöne ist mein Dämon - Der Filmemacher Bruno Dumont" (2007)

very good movie

Bruno Dumonts "La Vie de Jésus" is one of the best movies I saw that year. It's a very gripping tale of a group of bored, at first glance no-good youngsters, who end up in a lot of trouble because of their racism. To me, without being a patriot, this isn't really a French, but a Belgian movie. The setting (French Flanders), but also the themes it deals with, the environment (no foreigner can fully grasp the horror of all those old people sitting on their chairs in the doorstep, waiting for something to happen, staring at the occasional passer-by). But whatever country it is made in, it is a strong story, filmed in a raw way, which very much fits the rawness of the characters in the movie. If you take under notice that all the actors were amateurs, yet they manage to make lots of so-called pros look like the real amateurs, you have to give the director credit for that.