The Courage to Love (TV 2000)

95 min - Drama | History | Romance

6.3

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In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Vanessa Williams	...	Mother Henriette Delille
	Gil Bellows	...	Dr. Gerard Gaultier
	Karen Williams	...	Julie Gaudin
	Lisa Bronwyn Moore	...	Marie Alicot
	David La Haye	...	Father Rousselon
	Cynda Williams	...	Cecelia Delille
	Diahann Carroll	...	Pouponne
	Stacy Keach	...	Jean-Baptiste Delille
	Eddie Bo Smith Jr.	...	Jacques
	Graeme Somerville	...	Paul Cartier
	Kevin Jubinville	...	Frank Morgan
	Susannah Hoffmann	...	Anne Morgan
	Jean-Louis Roux	...	Bishop Blanc
	Lise Roy	...	Mother Superior
	Raven Dauda	...	Betsie

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In 19th century New Orleans a new class of colored people has arisen. They are creoles, a result of relations between African-Americans and wealthy European people. Children are born, there is love, but marriage is out of the question. Colored people are still not considered equal. Henriette Delille is a very religious creole. The time she has she spends on educating, care and helping out in church. On the day her father Jean-Baptiste leaves her mother Pouponne to marry a white woman, Henriette is supposed to meet her arranged future 'caretaker' Paul Cartier. But she refuses him, defying every tradition and so bringing her mother to madness. She becomes friends with the French doctor Gerard Gaultier. He is in love with her and wants her to move to France, so they can be legally married. Henriette is torn apart by her feelings for Gerard and her devotion to the church. She must choose... Written by Arnoud Tiele (imdb@tiele.nl)

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