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A poster with the film's English title: The Life of Jesus |
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| Directed by | Bruno Dumont |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La vie de Jésus (English: The Life of Jesus) is the 1997 debut feature film by director Bruno Dumont. It was the winner of the prestigious BFI Sutherland Trophy, Camera d’Or at Cannes, the Prix Jean Vigo and European Discovery of the Year at the European Film Awards.
The mildly retarded unemployed epileptic Freddy drives around on a motorbike and experiences his first sexual encounters in the rather depressing fields of the countryside of northern France. When the handsome immigrant Kader flirts with Freddy's beloved cashier Marie, Freddy plans to take revenge.
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Dumont included extreme close-ups of penetration in The Life of Jesus to emphasize the animal nature of the sex act.[1]
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