The Passion of Christ: 12 curiosities of Mel Gibson’s film that is already in Netflix

The Bosco Films producer and Inspiacine share 12 curiosities about the film The Passion of Christ, a Mel Gibson tape that in 2004 marked a milestone in the history of cinema and in which the last hours of Jesus’ life are narrated; A story that surprised the world for its crudeness and faithfulness to the story of the gospels.

These curiosities appear in a video published on April 18, Good Friday, on the 2004 film that is already available in Netflix – with qualification +16 – and that can certainly help to deepen the mysteries of the passion and death of the Lord.

1. Nobody wanted to finance the film The Passion of Christ

Mel Gibson, Catholic, was at his best in Hollywood and had won several Oscar awards, but no one wanted to finance the tape, so he put the 30 million dollars that cost the realization.

The film raised more than 612 million dollars worldwide, becoming the highest grossing independent film in history.

2. It was shot in Aramaic and Latin

Mel Gibson did not want to be folded and did not subtitle, but in the end he yielded so that the film was released. The 20th Century Fox production notes point out that Mel Gibson wanted Jesus of his film to speak the same language that the historical Jesus spoke two thousand years ago. In the end, all the cast had to learn some Aramaic, which united everyone.

In the tape the Roman characters speak Latin.

3. The passion of Christ is based on three little known sources

The first and main are the Gospels, then the visions of the Beata Ana Catalina Emmerick and the paintings of the great Italian painter Caravaggio.

4. 2 symbolic details about Jim Caviezel, The Catholic actor that embodied Jesus

When the film was filmed, he was 33 years old, the age of Jesus; And his initials are JC, like the Messiah.

5. Jim Caviezel “experienced part of the passion”

In the flagellation scene he was really beaten and “he received a roof that caused a 14cm wound.” In one of the falls he dislocated his shoulder and on the crucifixion scene he fell a ray.

Production notes highlight that he and Jan Michelini, director’s assistant “were reached by lightning while filming under a storm. The ray passed Michelini’s umbrella and hit Caviezel. Surprisingly neither of them was seriously injured.”

6. The filming of the Passion of Christ was not “normal”

Every day the Blessed Sacrament was started with Mass in the scenes of the Last Supper and the Crucifixion.

7. Mel Gibson was going through a crisis of faith

Bosco Films And Inspiacine point out that Gibson went through a crisis of faith and wanted to make the passion of Christ to revive it.

8. Mel Gibson’s hand appears on the scene of the nails on the cross

Gibson believed, the video points out, which “were his sins” who had taken him there.

Pedro Sarubbi, the actor who played Barabás, became during the filming of the Passion of Christ.

10. The Virgin Mary, Morning Star

Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress of Jewish descent, who “gave life” to the Virgin Mary, learned that she was pregnant during filming. His last name means “Morning Star, one of the litanies of the Mother of God.

11. The devil in the passion of Christ

It is interpreted by a woman, the Italian actress Rosalinda Celantano, but is bent by a man. With this and with the shaved eyebrows, Mel Gibson intended to give the character “a greater sense of unreality” and a greater “aura of confusion”, such as the one surrounding the demon.

12. The name of the actors who make San Juan and Pilatos

Both, the Bulgarians Hristo Jivkok y Hristo Shopov, are named Christ.