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It's Jesus Christ's greatest hits in this Pasolini classic, a scrappy and odd adaptation of, as the title suggests, the Book of Matthew. Pasolini stays close to the text (reportedly using about half of it) while casting Jesus as a Che Guevara-styled revolutionary, leading his followers to freedom, or at least enlightenment. Star Enrique Irazoqui, a non-professional actor, is the real discovery here, lending a searing and bootstrapped performance to this avant garde oddity. On DVD the film is badly dubbed, which only exacerbates its choppiness, yet it is still worth seeking out.
Aka Il Vangelo secondo Matteo.
