The Life of Jesus
Synopsis
Freddy, Fred, lives with his mother Yvette in Bailleul. She runs a bar called "Au petit Casino". While undergoing treatment at a specialist hospital in Bailleul for the epileptic fits that leave him feeling confused, Freddy hangs out with his pals. They're not yet twenty, rural, poorly educated and already permanent fixtures of the local dole office, whiling away the days on their customized scooters. Fred has a girlfriend - his true love - the beautiful Marie, who is a supermarket check-out clerk. They often make love at Fred's place; his mother takes no notice. Marie's parents live a little further up the street but Freddy doesn't go inside their place. They linger outside, for hours on end, kissing on the pavement. They often linger, clinging to each other... This account of Freddy's life slowly veers toward tragedy...
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Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : 3B Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : mk2 films
- French distribution : Tadrart Films
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producers : Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb
- Screenwriter : Bruno Dumont
- Director of Photography : Philippe Van Leeuw
- Music Composer : Richard Cuvillier
- Assistant Director : Claude Debonnet
- Editors : Yves Deschamps, Guy Lecorne
- Sound Recordist : Éric Rophé
- Costume designers : Nathalie Raoul, Isabelle Sanchez
- Sound assistants : Frédéric Bobillier, Matthieu Imbert, Olivier De Nesle
- Production manager : Muriel Merlin
- Press Attaché (film) : Annie Maurette
- Continuity supervisors : Virginie Barbay, Isabelle Le Grix
- Production Designer : Frédérique Suchet
- Sound Mixer : Thierry Sabatier
- Still Photographer : Roger Arpajou
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Criminality
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1996
- French release : 04/06/1997
- Runtime : 1 h 36 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 87.727
- Visa issue date : 03/01/1997
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
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About
While writing the story of La Vie de Jésus, I realized that I was tackling ambiguous characters and an unusual plot. I was particularly aware of this because it was what I wanted. It's the substance of the film. I was examining the folds of human nature, the pleats... It was a matter of love and hatred. Of their power. I knew that I was aiming to film the interior. The inside. In the guts. And that I would have to paint the earth. The earth and the trees. The colours of the plain. People's lives. Their faces. Their body parts. That because of this humility - because of its perseverance and that of time - there would be an overspill. (Bruno Dumont)
