Christ in the Throat

Where it was filmed 'Christ in the Throat'

Il Cristo in gola is the New Testament according to Antonio Rezza; a satirical, comic, tragic, religious film where the Nazarene often appears yelling and contrary, draped over melancholy Mary’s knees as she supports him. A Christ, iconographically dead already, who assaults life and loses his way, who makes miracles with the sole strength of desperation: we have the common man writhing under the weight of his physical and traditional deformation, and a Christ who cures without touching, with just the torment of the screams directed at the Eternal Father who is in heaven.

The storyline alternates between weeping, lamenting, encounters with an extraordinary demon, and sacrifices with a hammer, a saw and a plane. Christ’s work is making his own cross by himself since every man ends up on his own cross. As involuntary author Rezza underlines the precise philological exactness of the first part of the story. The film is narrative up to Christ’s baptism. Then it deviates towards unknown places, it escapes, it’s as if the body, erupting into the story, rips the work from the author that the story controls.

The film had a long gestation period and was shot in Matera, Anzio, Ostia antica from 2004 to 2021.

Where it was filmed 'Christ in the Throat'

The film had a long gestation period and was shot in Matera, Anzio, Ostia antica from 2004 to 2021.

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Genre: Film drama
Directed by: Antonio Rezza
Cast: Antonio Rezza, Stefania Saltarelli, Maurizio Catania, Gianmarco Balsamo, Domenico Vitucci, Paolo Zanardi, Maria Bretagna, Federico Carra, Giordano Rezza
Country of production: Italy
Year: 2022
Production: Rezzamastrella
Plot: The figure of the Nazarene has been addressed with extreme respect. The son of God does not say one word, he has no relationship with man who is inferior, he communicates solely through devastating screams, perdition of the human ear, bringing man’s ear to eternal damnation. A central role is entrusted to the Madonna who follows her son during his earthly suffering.