The New Gospel

The New Gospel
Directed byMilo Rau
Screenplay byMilo Rau
StarringYvan Sagnet
Maia Morgenstern
Enrique Irazoqui
Marcello Fonte
CinematographyThomas Eirich-Schneider
Edited byKatja Dringenberg
Music byVinicio Capossela
Elia Rediger
Release date
  • 2020 (2020)
LanguageGerman

The New Gospel (German: Das Neue Evangelium) is a 2020 docudrama film written and directed by Milo Rau. A co-production between Germany, Switzerland and Italy, the film premiered at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

Plot

Cast

Production

The film is the second chapter of part of Rau's Trilogy of Ancient Myths, between Orestes in Mosul and Antigone in the Amazon.[1] It was shot in Matera, Basilicata.[2] Rau got the idea for the film after visiting the city in 2019 for an UNESCO initiative, and noting the critical conditions of the immigrants who lived there.[1] He then decided to retell the passion of Jesus as the fight of an immigrant who for their peers' rights, and chose for the role the political activist Yvan Sagnet.[1][2][3]

The film was co-produced by Fruitmarket, Lang Film and Rau's company International Institute for Political Murder.[1]

Release

The film premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar.[2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Meza, Ed (8 September 2020). "Venice: Milo Rau on Revolutionary Jesus, Empowering People and Fighting Exploitation". Variety. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Petkovic, Vladan (7 September 2020). "Review: The New Gospel". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Fisher, Mark (29 March 2021). "The New Gospel review – a thrilling and unsettling Easter story". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Stanford, Eleanor (10 September 2020). "A Director Turns an Immigrant Into a Modern-Day Jesus". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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