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Italian Cultural Institute
The Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki is pleased to present a photographic exhibition celebrating one of Pier Paolo Pasolini's cinematic masterpieces.
The Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki is pleased to present a photographic exhibition celebrating one of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s cinematic masterpieces: The Gospel according to Matthew (1964).
The exhibition consists of the extraordinary images taken by the photographer Domenico ‘Mimì’ Notarangelo, celebrated as the ‘thief of souls’ for his artistic ability to introspect into the photographed subject by means of an exterior medium of impression. The event offers a new and evocative reading of the film that Pasolini made with great devotion and radicalism, tracing a profound and revolutionary vision of the Christian message.
One of the most emblematic poet, writer and director of the 20th century, Pasolini has always considered cinema as a tool to narrate and investigate the contradictions of society and human existence. The Gospel according to Matthew, besides representing one of the highest points of his film career, departs from traditional biblical representations to immerse itself in a reading of the Christian message that is as modern as authentic.
The exhibition is free and open to all.
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Photography
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Dress code
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