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Black Robe (1991)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:10
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Director Bruce Beresford's abiding fascination with the clash of cultures is apparent in this adaptation of Brian Moore's novel of a Jesuit missionary who leaves France in 1634 to bring the word of... Director Bruce Beresford's abiding fascination with the clash of cultures is apparent in this adaptation of Brian Moore's novel of a Jesuit missionary who leaves France in 1634 to bring the word of Jesus to the Huron tribe of rugged northern Quebec. The film, which stars Lothaire Bluteau as LaForgue, casts aside the revisionist notion of the Native American as an enlightened being, superior to Caucasian interlopers, depicting the Huron world as one of ugliness and harshness. The missionary's arrogance blinds him to the Indians' preference for their own religious rituals over the faith he is attempting to thrust upon them. Yet, in his new proximity to nature and exposure to primitive mores that shock him, the priest begins to feel the bonds of his asceticism and question his faith. Finally, after being captured and tortured by a party of Iroquois, he begins to evince the compassion with which the conversion of the Hurons becomes possible. The tragic ramifications of this process are only revealed many years later. Bluteau is excellent in this bleak film, which includes some of the most meticulously researched representations of Native American life ever put on film. [More]
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, August Schellenberg, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, August Schellenberg, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt
Director: Bruce Beresford
Director: Bruce Beresford
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This compelling tale of adventure set in 17th century Canada is a spiritual classic
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