The King

A familiar story is told in an unfamiliar way in this Italian film about Jesus' last days.

Filmed in Sardinia in the local dialect, this is a retelling of Jesus’ last days which shuttles back and forth in time taking elements from all four Gospels to give a fractured take on a familiar story. Bug-eyed and barrel-chested, Fiorenzu Mattu is no conventional Christ, and as with Pasolini’s Passion it is the faces of Columbu’s non-professional cast which stay etched on the memory. As beautifully austere as its fog-shrouded setting, The King makes for an ideal companion with Son of Man.