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Black Robe

  • 1991
  • 14A
  • 1h 41m
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7.1/10
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Black Robe (1991)
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
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In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warr... Read allIn the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.

  • Director
    • Bruce Beresford
  • Writer
    • Brian Moore
  • Stars
    • Lothaire Bluteau
    • Aden Young
    • Sandrine Holt
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    7.4K
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    • Director
      • Bruce Beresford
    • Writer
      • Brian Moore
    • Stars
      • Lothaire Bluteau
      • Aden Young
      • Sandrine Holt
    • 90User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 13 nominations

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    Lothaire Bluteau and Aden Young in Black Robe (1991)
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    Tantoo Cardinal, Sandrine Holt, and August Schellenberg in Black Robe (1991)
    Sandrine Holt and Aden Young in Black Robe (1991)
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    Lothaire Bluteau
    Lothaire Bluteau
    • Laforgue
    Aden Young
    Aden Young
    • Daniel
    Sandrine Holt
    Sandrine Holt
    • Annuka
    August Schellenberg
    August Schellenberg
    • Chomina
    Tantoo Cardinal
    Tantoo Cardinal
    • Chomina's Wife
    Billy Two Rivers
    • Ougebmat
    Lawrence Bayne
    Lawrence Bayne
    • Neehatin
    Harrison Liu
    • Awondoie
    Wesley Côté
    • Oujita
    Frank Wilson
    • Father Jerome
    François Tassé
    François Tassé
    • Father Bourque
    Jean Brousseau
    Jean Brousseau
    • Champlain
    Yvan Labelle
    • Mestigoit
    Raoul Max Trujillo
    Raoul Max Trujillo
    • Kiotseaton
    • (as Raoul Trujillo)
    James Bobbish
    • Ondesson
    Denis Lacroix
    • Taratande
    Gilles Plante
    • Older Workman
    Gordon Tootoosis
    Gordon Tootoosis
    • Old Aenons
    • Director
      • Bruce Beresford
    • Writer
      • Brian Moore
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      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 previous film, Driving Miss Daisy (1989), won the 1989 Oscar for Best Film. The success of Dances with Wolves (1990) was also instrumental in helping the film to get made.
    • Goofs
      Fr. Laforgue is seen baptizing with saliva. Saliva is not valid matter for baptism and no 17th century Jesuit, who knew their theology very well, would have baptized with saliva. He could have melted the snow to obtain some water.
    • Quotes

      Daniel: They have an afterworld of their own.

      Father Laforgue: They have no concept of one.

      Daniel: Annuka told me they believe that in the forest at night the dead can see. The souls of men hunt the souls of animals.

      Father Laforgue: Is that what she told you? It is childish, Daniel.

      Daniel: Is it harder to believe in than Paradise where we all sit on clouds and look at God?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Beauty and the Beast/Black Robe/My Girl/Meeting Venus (1991)

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    9/10
    Utterly arresting. A film really without an equal in what it depicts.
    "Black Robe" is a film I have seen at least a dozen times and it continues to cause utter astonishment. The highest quality that any art can have is the ability to arrest the mind of the viewer. Days later imagery is still flooding back to you -- feelings -- ideas -- and of course questions... But questions that properly have no easy answers. The first time I saw this film was about 15 years ago when it was first released. I watched it in a Toronto cinema and afterward emerged into a warm and noisy downtown night, crowded with people, signs, lights cars taxis subways et cetera. Immediately, I was in culture shock. The movie had so taken me into the world of 17th century Canada that I could not adjust to the reality of 20th century Canada. It still has that effect. Astonishing.
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    • Oct 31, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 27, 1992 (Australia)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • Australia
    • Languages
      • English
      • Algonquin
      • Mohawk
      • Cree
      • Latin
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Robe noire
    • Filming locations
      • Lac Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Alliance Communications Corporation
      • Samson Productions Pty. Ltd.
      • Téléfilm Canada
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    • Budget
      • A$11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,211,952
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,211,952
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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