--- title: 'La Vie de Jésus (1997)' type: 'film' director: 'Bruno Dumont' released: '1997-01-01' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-vie-de-jesus-1997' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120448/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # La Vie de Jésus (1997) 1997 · 96 min · Drama · France ## Synopsis The Life of Jesus is a 1997 feature film directed by director Bruno Dumont in his debut. It was the winner of the BFI Sutherland Trophy, the Prix Jean Vigo and European Discovery of the Year at the European Film Awards, as well as the special mention for Camera d’Or at Cannes. Set in the town of Bailleul, the film casts a bleak look at the life of an unemployed teenager with learning difficulties who descends into rape and murder. The choice of title for the film is unexplained. ## Credits - **Director:** [Bruno Dumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-dumont) - **Screenplay:** [Bruno Dumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-dumont) - **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Cuvillier](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-cuvillier) - **Producer:** [Rachid Bouchareb](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachid-bouchareb), [Jean Bréhat](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-brehat) - **Director of Photography:** [Philippe Van Leeuw](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-van-leeuw) - **Editor:** [Guy Lecorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-lecorne), [Yves Deschamps](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-deschamps), [Pierre Choukroun](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-choukroun) ## Cast - [Marjorie Cottreel](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-cottreel) as Marie - [David Douche](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-douche) as Freddy - [Geneviève Cottreel](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-cottreel) as Yvette - [Kader Chaatouf](https://cinepixo.com/people/kader-chaatouf) as Kader - [Samuel Boidin](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-boidin) - [Fu'ad Aït Aattou](https://cinepixo.com/people/fu-ad-ait-aattou) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-vie-de-jesus-1997 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1453467); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.