La vie de Jésus

Infobox Film
name = La vie de Jésus


caption = UK MoC Series DVD cover
director = Bruno Dumont
runtime = 96 minutes
country = France
awards = BFI Sutherland Trophy, Camera D'or at Cannes, Prix Jean Vigo
language = French
imdb_id = 0120448

"La vie de Jésus" (English: The Life of Jesus) is the 1997 debut feature film by Bruno Dumont (director). Winner of the prestigious BFI Sutherland Trophy, Camera d’Or at Cannes, the Prix Jean Vigo, European Discovery of the Year at the European Film Awards, amongst many others.

Plot

Freddy and Marie (played by David Douche and Marjorie Cottreel) are two teenagers with their futures uncertain and their present undefined. They ride motorbikes, they have sex — communication like any other sort. But in their hometown of Bailleul in Flanders, where news from the world-at-large disappears just as quickly as it drifts in, death proves to be inescapable, and decidedly permanent. As the film’s powerful climax unfolds, the viewer will come away with his or her own interpretation of how the life of Christ has figured into the story of Freddy and Marie — a contemplation on the magnitude of mercy.

DVD Release

*La vie de Jésus - Director-approved Masters of Cinema Series edition - Released in the UK 21 July 2008Official website: [http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/la-vie-de-jesus/ MoC Series website for 'La vie de Jésus']