Country: USA
Language: Aramaic | Latin | Hebrew
Director: Mel Gibson
This is a film liked by many and criticized by as many. It is directed by Mel Gibson whose other works seem as brilliant but obviously The Passion... was a turning point in his career and in my opinion in the history of cinema-making given the fact that it was the first US film shot completely in another language (though I am not sure about it, but it was at least the first well known).
It is a very violent film and the whole violence goes against one person only, Jesus. If Jesus ever existed then this film is one of the closest to reality. The violence, although indigestible at times, is something that must have happened taking into account Jesus's life.
The other fact that was criticized by others and liked by me was the audio in Aramaic. It makes the film all the more real.
It is a story of only one day and a viewer cannot get his eyes off the screen for a second. That is Mel Gibson at his best.
James Caviezel seems to have come out of some medieval painting of Jesus and makes one feel that if there was a Jesus, he was Caviezel. Monica Bellucci is also good as Magdalene. Maia Morgenstern is superb as Mary although she looks quiet young. I also liked Hristo Shopov as Pilate.
This is a film from a director who claims to be a devout Catholic but till now, in my opinion, is a film that treats Jesus more as a human being than the Son of God which is the best detail about it.
In my opinion it is one of the most sacred films ever made that accepts Jesus as a human being and at the same time emphasizes his difference from the rest of the herd by showing his impenetrable compassion and tolerance.
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