Drama
American
2004 · Directed by Mel Gibson · 127 min
Mel Gibson's film follows the final twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth, from a night of anguish in a garden through arrest, trial and execution. It is spoken in reconstructed Aramaic, Latin and Hebrew, and approaches the Gospel story as sustained, physical ordeal rather than gentle pageant.
Why it matters in cinema history
A landmark of the modern biblical film, it broke with the soft-focus Hollywood tradition of Jesus epics and showed that a subtitled, religiously driven film could reach a mass audience.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a Gospel story told through the senses: image, sound and body, with language and dialogue pushed to the margins.
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