Black Robe
1991 · Movie · 101 min. · Canada
In the 17th century, french Jesuit missionary Father Laforgue travels to the magnificently austere Canadian wilderness to save the souls of a "savage and godless" peoplethe native tribes of the Huron and Algonquin. But the natives, who have their own spiritual value system that differs drastically from Christianity, are immediately suspicious, resentful and openly hostile toward the intrusive "Black Robe." And when Laforgue hires a reluctant group of Algonquin to escort him on a harrowing 1500-mile journey up the broad and sinuous St. Lawrence River, a devastating chain of events not only causes him to question his deeply held beliefs but also forever changes the course of history for the natives' way of life.
Direction Bruce Beresford
Cast Lothaire Bluteau · Aden Young · Sandrine Holt · August Schellenberg · Harrison Liu · Tantoo Cardinal · Billy Two Rivers · Lawrence Bayne · Raoul Trujillo
Soundtrack Georges Delerue
Screenplay Brian Moore
Cinematography Peter James
Original title Black Robe
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