Jesus de Nazareth film étude

History Of Religions

- JESUS OF NAZARETH - Arthur ARNAL

Hi everyone, for today’s presentation I have decided to present you the movie

or so called mini-series ,Jesus Of Nazareth, by Italian producer Franco Zeffirelli

in 1977.

To have a better understanding of what the movie is made of and what it is

showing us through this “vague” image of the Christ that we have nowadays,

we will divide this mini-series into 4 major parts, Christianity and her

fundamental aspects, the series content, how Christianity’s perceived today,

how it’s interacting with the outside world and beliefs.

- T H E F U N D A M E N T A L A S P E C T S O F T H E C H R I S T I A N I T Y –

Throughout the movie we can see how Jesus builds his beliefs and which

pillars Christianity is now built : a lot comes from how Jesus was treated

during his childhood but especially when he realizes that this world is full of

flaws and they’re within humans themselves. Here is some fundamentals

aspects of Christianity :

• God is omniscient/present and everything around you

• Jesus died as a martyr on the saint cross

• He resurrected after 3 days

• Heaven is open to everyone

As we read the Bible and listen to Jesus during the movie you can clearly see

what he wants people to understand and the message he’s trying to convey

throughout his journey :

• Love others as much as yourself

• Forgiveness his powerful, both for others and God

• As the son of God and his messenger on Earth, the Christ is here to

forgive you sins

• Don’t do to others, what you don’t want them do to you

• God and his kingdom is for everyone who embraces him

• Repentance of yourself as an imperfect being is key to everything

Christianity as we know it today is built around what we’ve been told mainly

by the apostles but also by the Testament and the New Testament. I believe

that we cannot only see one thing or one understanding in the bible and

those scriptures, it is within everybody to have his own method of reading

and making the Bible their own.

Throughout the movie we can clearly see that people “like” to judge and

make people feel inferior when they have a little of power, Jesus tells people

that in life it is important to forgive and understand everyone’s situation

whether they are small or big.

Characters in the movie are moved by greed and money even the people

form the temples, when Jesus make them realise that by having even a little

bit of faith and love for humanity then can access this state of mind, where

by being true to themselves and their feelings and God then can attend an

higher level of faith and by that have an access to mercy or the so called

Heaven.

- M o v I e / M I N I - s e r I e s C O N T E N T -

During the entirety of these magnificent 6 hours of movie we see that it is

really focused on the Christ’s life and his journey. From his birth in cave in the

city of Nazareth of his final preaching words on the cross. As you watch the

movie, little by little you are linked to those people that you never knew and

built what is Christianity today, you get to understand and learn the Christ’s

life, the reason of his birth, why he is crucified and why he is believing in

humanity during this whole time.

Everything starts when the angel - now known as an archangel - Gabriel

announces to Mary that she will give birth to a kid and that this kid will be

humanity’s light in the darkness. After his birth we can quickly see his

childhood and how he was raised into a Jewish family and very religious

society. Most of the movie is centered on how he developed this connection

to Father and how he’s growing mentally into what will become the Jesus

with his 12 apostles that we know of.

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