<P> The Passion of the Christ ( also known simply as The Passion ) is a 2004 American biblical drama film directed by Mel Gibson , written by Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald , and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ , Maia Morgenstern as the Virgin Mary and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene . It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the Gospels of Matthew , Mark , Luke and John . It also draws on pious accounts such as the Friday of Sorrows along with other devotional writings , such as the reputed Marian apparitions attributed to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich . </P>
when did the passion of the christ come out
2004