The Son of Joseph

εξώτερο Διάστημα

+ Green's use of myth is hardly gratuitous. Jesus' story is as familiar to us as Cinderella's or Ulysses', hence director's meddling with a plot that stopped being a sacred and untouchable biography, becoming a modular, adaptable, shifting ensemble. Now the quirk distinguishing YHWH from diff. Supreme Beings was his being a divine Person revealed in History, a full-blown religious revolution! Unlike other God Persons

Karl J. Kipling

3.5. Green's only once banged the gong for me - first of his I saw, PONT DES ARTS - but though the others haven't quite succeeded far's I'm concerned, he's building an estimable oeuvre of interesting failures.

El Biffo

Some have criticized this as too Bresssonian, too Biblical. I do not consider these to be faults, but strengths. After I gave my mom a copy of Au Hasard, Balthazar, she reported to me "Too Christian!" I said, "Give the disc back to me then" and she replied "Oh, no! It's a great film." This is a noble film, conscious of and confident in its inspiration.

saitosouta

There are too many Jesus in this world. Young Jesus, old Jesus, insecure Jesus, Jesus Christ Superster, black Jesus, partizan Jesus, Japanese Jesus directed by Kurosawa, space Jesus. zombie Jesus, Jesus with tights & superpower, Zack Snyder etc. We don't need more Jesus, NO MORE JESUS.

José Neves

Habitual copyist of Bresson's logos, usually with the use of models (fetching, inclusive, in this film, a "Balthasar"), sometimes Green saves his movies with humor, as if they were an extraordinary gesture of exception, which if they are it will be more for the unusual rather than by their own speech. This film is particularly painful for its irrelevance, turning the distantiation in pose and the humor in redundancy.

Lucas Granero

Con su nobleza y humor característicos, Eugene Green sigue entregando un cine que está por fuera de cualquier canon. Sin ser radicales, sus personajes tienen una bondad inaúdita: descubren sus sentimientos al mismo tiempo que se enfrentan a los pocos gestos de belleza que quedan en este mundo. Algo similar experimentamos nosotros frente a su cine, uno que escasea y que hay que cuidar porque se encuentra en extinción.

MATTEO BITTANTI

I wish I could say that the intensity of the narrative made the film intoxicating, but the truth is that the degree of pretentiousness renders the viewing experience excruciating, if not toxic.

AugusteB

I enjoyed the way Vincent is looking at the camera as if he wants to check with us if the film is still good. It is.