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Release Date:
4 October 1991 (USA)
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Plot:
In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec...
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Awards:
10 wins
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13 nominations
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(6 articles)
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Wonderful, Soul-shaking
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lothaire Bluteau | ... | Father Laforgue | |
| Aden Young | ... | Daniel | |
| Sandrine Holt | ... | Annuka | |
| August Schellenberg | ... | Chomina | |
| Tantoo Cardinal | ... | Chomina's Wife | |
| Billy Two Rivers | ... | Ougebmat | |
| Lawrence Bayne | ... | Neehatin | |
| Harrison Liu | ... | Awondoie | |
| Wesley Cote | ... | Oujita | |
| Frank Wilson | ... | Father Jerome | |
| François Tassé | ... | Father Bourque | |
| Jean Brousseau | ... | Champlain | |
| Yvan Labelle | ... | Mestigoit | |
| Raoul Trujillo | ... | Kiotseaton | |
| James Bobbish | ... | Ondesson |
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Also Known As:
Robe noire (Canada: French title)
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Runtime:
101 min | Germany:97 min
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
UK:15 |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
South Korea:15 |
Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) |
Australia:M |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
Germany:12 |
Iceland:16
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It took over four years to find financing for the film. No American studio was interested in doing it because it was about religion, so eventually the finance was drummed up from European and Canadian sources. Even with Oscar nominee Bruce Beresford expressing a desire to be at the helm, the Canadian investors were still very hard to convince. Until Beresford's film Driving Miss Daisy (1989) scooped the 1989 Oscar for Best Film. The success of "Dances with Wolves" was also instrumental in helping the film to get made.
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Anachronisms: In one of the flashbacks to France, Father Laforgue's mother says she is praying to St. Joan. However, Joan of Arc was not canonized until 1920.
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Featured in The Last Cigarette (1999/I)
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When averaging, extreme scores skew the result. So I wonder at the motives of those who voted "1" for this film. Sabotage?
"Black Robe" invites comparison with "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," another masterpiece. Two great directors project their vision of two different men who do something we in this "civilized" culture can hardly imagine: plunge into a vast, unknown, alien world. And ultimately into oblivion.
The motivation, the source of courage, is faith, on one hand, and hubris on the other. Watch both examples. Though we can easily discern the noble from the base, we experience equally powerful stories. Here is a chance to see juxtaposed two profoundly different outlooks subjected to a common ordeal. What a wonderful, terrifying, soul-shaking thing to witness!