Black Robe (film)
| Black Robe | |
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| File:BlackRobe.png DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
| Written by | Brian Moore |
| Produced by | Robert Lantos Sue Milliken Stéphane Reichel |
| Starring | Lothaire Bluteau Aden Young Sandrine Holt Tantoo Cardinal |
| Cinematography | Peter James |
| Edited by | Tim Wellburn |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Company |
Release dates | September 5, 1991 |
Running time | 101 min. |
| Languages | English Latin |
Black Robe is a 1991 movie 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 is set in the 17th century and tells the story of a Jesuit priest and his young companion who are escorted in the dead of winter by Algonquin Indians across what is now called Quebec, to find a distant mission situated among the Huron Indians.
When it was released, the film was highly praised for its authentic depictions of Indian life. However, some opined that this movie performed less well than Dances With Wolves, another film on Native American life released approximately at the same time, due to political correctness.[citation needed]
The film stars Lothaire Bluteau as Father Laforgue. Other cast members include Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal and August Schellenberg.
External link
Black Robe at IMDb
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