It is a Rossellini. You feel it scene by scene. Different by other Jesus portraits, it represents the honest - precise portrait of great teacher. The words are fruit of work of hands. The message is simple and the sacrifice propose a special form of reddemption.
Sure, at the first sight, after the gallery of portraits of historical personalities, the temptation is to believe than Messiah is just a piece from the chain.
Obvious, it is more. The portrait of Saint Mary, the solutions for Passion and Resurrection or for the grave of Lazarus, the silence and calm respired by the film, the mathematical demonstration of the presence of Jesus, the eliptic speech about Him , the status of hakawati of the Savior , the reference to Pietta by Michelangelo are just proves of this.
Provocative in personal way.
Dialogue with the viewer.
Far by blockbusters about same theme.
Wise perspective about The Savior .
Not impressive. Useful is enough.
So, a form of last word of a great director.
