Black Robe (film)

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Black Robe
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bruce Beresford
Produced by	Robert Lantos Sue Milliken Stéphane Reichel
Written by	Brian Moore
Starring	Lothaire Bluteau Aden Young Sandrine Holt Tantoo Cardinal
Music by	Georges Delerue
Cinematography	Peter James
Editing by	Tim Wellburn
Distributed by	Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release date(s)	September 5, 1991 (premiere at TIFF) October 4, 1991 (USA) February 27, 1992 (Australia)
Running time	101 min.
Language	English Latin Cree Mohawk Algonquin
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Black Robe is a 1991 film directed by Bruce Beresford. The screenplay was written by Irish-Canadian author Brian Moore, who based it on his own novel of the same name. The film's main character, Father Laforgue, is played by Lothaire Bluteau, with other cast members including Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, August Schellenberg and Raoul Trujillo. It was the first official co-production between Canada and Australia.^[1]

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Reception 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The film is set in the 17th century and tells the story of a Jesuit priest and his young companion who are escorted in late fall by Algonquin Indians across what is now called Quebec, to find a distant mission in a Huron village. Most of their Algonquin escorts desert them, under the impression that he is a demon, and the rest of his party are captured by a party of Iroquois. They escape, and the priest eventually finds the Jesuit mission on his own.

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Black Robe received praise for being a magnificently staged combination of top talents delivering a gripping and tragic story,^[1] and has been rated one of the most meticulously researched representations of Native American life ever put on film.^[2] Notably, the film includes authentic dialog in the Cree, English, Mohawk, Algonquin, and Latin languages. The film won the Genie Award for Best Canadian Film.

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