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1991·101 min·Released

Black Robe

“In the winter of 1634, an extraordinary man began a perilous journey into the North American wilderness.”

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Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict Catholic rules and ideals to try and impose his religion.

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Cast & Crew

Lothaire Bluteau

Lothaire Bluteau

Laforgue

Sandrine Holt

Sandrine Holt

Annuka

August Schellenberg

August Schellenberg

Chomina

Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

Chomina's Wife

Lawrence Bayne

Lawrence Bayne

Neehatin

Aden Young

Aden Young

Daniel

Billy Two Rivers

Billy Two Rivers

Ougebmat

Wesley Côté

Wesley Côté

Oujita

Frank Wilson

Frank Wilson

Father Jerome

François Tassé

François Tassé

Father Bourque

Jean Brousseau

Jean Brousseau

Champlain

Yvan Labelle

Yvan Labelle

Mestigoit

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CinemaSerf

Written on 8/7/2023

Regardless of the quality of the production, films like this make me want to throw a brick at the screen! An established culture of Huron living in tandem with nature, turf-warring with their Iroquois neighbours and enduring a largely substance existence are introduced to that most ultimate of plagues. Christianity! It's the eponymous "Laforgue" (Lothaire Bluteau) who is charged by his fellow Jesuits to travel to this remote and beautiful land in order to spread the word. Now, to be fair to this "Black Robe" he is tenacious. It's one hell of an effort - mostly by canoe through some of the most hostile conditions the planet has to offer - as he travels with his companions "Daniel" (Aden Young) and "Annuka" (Sandrine Holt) to the remote home of some sceptical, but nonetheless welcoming tribesfolk. "Laforgue" is not an evil man, but he has a job to do and the rather more simplistic religiosity of the locals which is based much more around the seasons, the harvest, the weather etc., is not really much of a match for his disciplined indoctrination of these people - especially once the church is built. The apple cart is soon well and truly upset and chief "Chomina" (August Schellenberg) is soon having to make tough choices to ensure the survival of his people against this new, all consuming, mysticism. Bluteau is adequate here, I wouldn't say anything more - probably Schellenburg takes the acting plaudits; but that's not so important I think. It's the message this comprehensively conveys that gives it some extra bite. It looks great. The Québec scenery, snowscapes, mountains and expanses are superbly captured as we get a sense of just how virgin this territory was before the expansion of European man and their obligatory religious baggage. It's a telling narrative that really does shout from the rooftops that their society wasn't broke so why did we try to fix it?

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Black Robe (1991) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Black Robe (1991) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]