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Lothaire Bluteau | ... |
Laforgue
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Aden Young | ... |
Daniel
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Sandrine Holt | ... |
Annuka
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August Schellenberg | ... |
Chomina
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Tantoo Cardinal | ... |
Chomina's Wife
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Billy Two Rivers | ... |
Ougebmat
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Lawrence Bayne | ... |
Neehatin
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Linian Liu | ... |
Awondoie
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Wesley Côté | ... |
Oujita
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Frank Wilson | ... |
Father Jerome
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François Tassé | ... |
Father Bourque
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Jean Brousseau | ... |
Champlain
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Yvan Labelle | ... |
Mestigoit
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Raoul Max Trujillo | ... |
Kiotseaton
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James Bobbish | ... |
Ondesson
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Denis Lacroix | ... |
Taratande
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Gilles Plante | ... |
Older Workman
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Gordon Tootoosis | ... |
Old Aenons
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Marthe Turgeon | ... |
Laforgue's Mother
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Claude Préfontaine | ... |
Old Priest
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Deano Clavet | ... |
Mercier
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Paul Stewart | ... |
Workman
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Jean-Raymond Châles | ... |
Workman
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Jean-Jacques Blanchet | ... |
Workman
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Marco Bacon | ... |
Montagnais
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Patrick Tenasco | ... |
Montagnais
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George Pachanos | ... |
Iroquois Leader
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Minor Mustain | ... |
Iroquois #1
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Don Brisebois | ... |
Iroquois Guard
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Jean Raphael | ... |
Iroquois Elder
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Guy Provencher | ... |
Old Iroquois Member
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Joe De Laronde | ... |
Tall Painted Iroquois
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LinLyn Lue | ... |
She Manitou
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Bonfield Marcoux | ... |
Domerque
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Wanda Obomsawin | ... |
Pregnant Woman
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Jean-Pierre Pérusse | ... |
Tallevant
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Gérard Soler | ... |
Masse
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Alison Reid | ... |
Iroquois Torture Woman
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Brenda Adams | ... |
Iroquois Torture Woman
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Denis Plante | ... |
Musician
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Daniel Thonon | ... |
Musician
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Cordelia Beresford | ... |
Mlle LaFontaine
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Annie Bearskin | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Doreen Stevens | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Joseph Campeau | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Eric Johnston | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Mirya Obomsawin | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Zoe Leigh Hopkins | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
(as Zoe Hopkins)
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Rodrigue Boivin | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Irvin Hill | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Valerie Decontie | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Waylon Hare | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Roger Wylde | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Walter Jacobs | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Helen Bobish Atkinson | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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John Tenasco | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Jonathan Blacksmith | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Earl Danyluk | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Arnold Eyah-Saulteux | ... |
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Directed by
Bruce Beresford |
Written by
Brian Moore | ... | (screenplay) |
Brian Moore | ... | (novel "Black Robe") |
Produced by
Jake Eberts | ... | executive producer |
Denis Héroux | ... | executive producer |
Robert Lantos | ... | producer |
Sue Milliken | ... | producer |
Brian Moore | ... | executive producer |
Eric Norlen | ... | associate producer |
Stéphane Reichel | ... | producer |
Music by
Georges Delerue |
Cinematography by
Peter James | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Tim Wellburn |
Editorial Department
Arthur Cambridge | ... | color grader |
Claudette Duff | ... | second assistant picture editor |
Pat Mackle | ... | first assistant picture editor |
Karen Psaltis | ... | negative matcher |
Ian Russell | ... | laboratory liaison |
Brett Tracey | ... | editing trainee |
Denise Wolfson | ... | laboratory liaison |
H. Gordon Woodside | ... | post-production associate: Canada (as Gordon Woodside) |
Casting By
Clare Walker |
Production Design by
Herbert Pinter |
Art Direction by
Gavin Mitchell |
Set Decoration by
Réal Proulx |
Costume Design by
Renée April | ||
John Hay |
Makeup Department
Christiane Berroyer | ... | hairdresser: France |
François Dagenais | ... | key special effects makeup artist |
Marie-Hélène Duguet | ... | makeup artist: France |
Réjean Forget | ... | key hairdresser |
Linda Gill | ... | head makeup artist |
Julie Houle | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Penny Lee | ... | set makeup artist |
Benoit Martel | ... | assistant hairdresser |
Cynthia Patton | ... | makeup artist |
Darren Perks | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Mykill Skorr | ... | hair stylist |
Martin Sutton | ... | hair stylist |
Ron Turgeon | ... | assistant hairdresser |
Michealle Vanderpool | ... | period hair stylist |
Production Management
Michel Chauvin | ... | unit manager |
Yanis Combe-Ferrier | ... | production manager: France |
Jean-Yves Dolbec | ... | assistant unit manager |
Juny Monoz | ... | unit manager: France (as Jany Munoz) |
Susan Murdoch | ... | production manager |
Sylvia Walker-Wilson | ... | post-production supervisor (as Sylvia Walker Wilson) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
René Carré | ... | third assistant director (as René Carré Jr.) |
Buck Deachman | ... | third assistant director |
Carole Dubuc | ... | second assistant director |
Pedro Gandol | ... | first assistant director |
Christophe Vallée | ... | first assistant director / second assistant director: France |
Art Department
Jean-Yves Ahern | ... | draftsperson |
Serge Archambault | ... | scenic painter |
Andre Brochu | ... | head carpenter (as André Brochu) |
Rejean Brochu | ... | construction coordinator (as Réjean Brochu) |
Serge Bureau | ... | prop master |
Jean Chassé | ... | set dresser |
Richard Earl | ... | scenic painter |
John Fredericks | ... | art department swing gang |
Serge Gagne | ... | carpenter (as Serge Gagné) |
Suzanne Gagnier | ... | scenic painter |
Bernard Gagnon | ... | carpenter |
Normand Gagnon | ... | carpenter |
Alain Giguère | ... | scenic painter |
Atelier Jean Marie Guay | ... | propmaker |
Denis Hamel | ... | on-set property master |
Pierre L'Heureux | ... | construction buyer |
Hélène Lafrance | ... | art department coordinator |
Étienne Lapointe-Proulx | ... | assistant set props (as Etienne Lapointe-Proulx) |
Christian Lescop | ... | carpenter |
Doreen Libman | ... | assistant art department coordinator |
Paul Menier | ... | carpenter (as Paul Ménier) |
Jean Morin | ... | assistant set dresser |
Donna Noonan | ... | art coordinator: native crafts |
Françoise Pauzier | ... | set dresser: France |
Reet Puhm | ... | scenic artist |
Jean-Marie Vallerand | ... | head carpenter |
Francis Back | ... | storyboard artist (uncredited) |
Eric Lafrance | ... | laborer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jeanine Chiavlo | ... | dialogue editor (as Jeannine Chialvo) |
Stephanie Flack | ... | assistant sound editor |
David Grusovin | ... | assistant sound editor |
Phil Judd | ... | re-recording mixer |
Pascal Marzolf | ... | boom operator: France |
Susan Midgley | ... | assistant sound editor |
Frank Morrone | ... | adr recordist |
Mike Palozzi | ... | adr sound |
Angus Robertson | ... | dialogue recordist |
Penn Robinson | ... | supervising sound editor |
Nicki Roller | ... | foley recordist |
Henri Roux | ... | sound recordist: France |
Alicia Slusarski | ... | assistant |
Mark J. Wasiutak | ... | boom operator (as Mark Wasiutak) |
Karin Whittington | ... | additional sound editor |
Gary Wilkins | ... | sound recordist |
Christian Bass | ... | mix assistant (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Louis Craig | ... | special effects coordinator |
Thierry Craig | ... | special effects technician |
Mario Dumont | ... | special effects technician |
Claude Lebeau | ... | special effects technician |
Darren Perks | ... | special effects makeup |
Pierre 'Bill' Rivard | ... | key special effects technician (as Pierre Rivard) |
Antonio Vidosa | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Tim Adlide | ... | rostrum cameraman |
Roger Cowland | ... | opticals |
Tim Donahue | ... | effects art direction: Introvision |
John P. Mesa | ... | visual effects cameraman |
William Mesa | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Daniel Pardy | ... | restoration colorist |
Stunts
Jamie Jones | ... | stunt player |
Steve Lucescu | ... | utility stunts |
David McKeown | ... | stunt player (as David Mckeown) |
Minor Mustain | ... | stunt coordinator |
Paul Rutledge | ... | stunt player |
Ron Van Hart | ... | stunt player |
Camera and Electrical Department
Danny Batterham | ... | camera operator |
Claude Beauchamp | ... | second assistant camera |
Sylvain Bergevin | ... | electric |
Mikey Bertrand | ... | best boy grip (as Michel Bertrand) |
Morgan Carpenter | ... | generator operator |
Julian Chojnacki | ... | steadicam operator |
Rod Crombie | ... | steadicam operator |
Jean-Maurice de Ernsted | ... | key grip (as Jean-Maurice De Ernsted) |
Stéphane de Ernsted | ... | grip (as Stéphane De Ernsted) |
Guy Ferland | ... | electric |
Andre Fleuren | ... | camera: second unit |
Gilles Fortier | ... | best boy electric |
Jacques Fortier | ... | key electric |
Anna Howard | ... | first assistant camera |
Marc Lambert | ... | electric: France |
Philippe Lapicque | ... | key grip: France |
Frédéric Lemaire | ... | gaffer: France |
Laurent Leymonie | ... | first assistant camera: France |
Jean Lépine | ... | camera: second unit |
Alain Masse | ... | grip (as Alain Massé) |
David Nichols | ... | dolly grip (as David Nicholls) |
Yves Paquette | ... | generator operator |
John Platt | ... | first assistant camera |
Frank Polyak | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Takashi Seida | ... | still photographer |
François Taupin | ... | electric: France |
André Tisseur | ... | grip |
Brett Tracey | ... | camera trainee |
David Ungaro | ... | second assistant camera: France |
Mathieu Ungaro | ... | grip: France |
Paul Viau | ... | electric |
Stéphane Vidal | ... | grip: France |
Casting Department
Alison Barrett | ... | casting: Australia |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Henri Aubertin | ... | dresser |
Blanche-Danielle Boileau | ... | wardrobe coordinator (as Blanche Boileau) |
Olivier Bériot | ... | dresser: France (as Olivier Beriot) |
Stéphanie Chagnon | ... | dresser |
Sylvie Clément | ... | dresser |
Mario Davignon | ... | head dresser |
Simonetta Mariano | ... | cutter |
Fran Marks | ... | seamstress |
Enrica Ponzi | ... | seamstress |
Marc Provencher | ... | dresser |
Micheline Rouillard | ... | costume builder |
Jacqueline Rousseau | ... | costume builder / dresser |
Anne Rémillard | ... | cutter |
Location Management
Nick Barker | ... | location scout (as Nicholas Barker) |
François Sylvestre | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Martin Armiger | ... | music coordinator |
James D'Arcey | ... | assistant music engineer (as James D'Arcy) |
John Grundy | ... | musical director: The Sydney Philharmonia |
Phillip Hartl | ... | orchestra leader: Strings Plus |
Gilles Plante | ... | advisor: early music |
Michael Stavrou | ... | music engineer |
Sydney Philharmonia Choir | ... | choir (as The Sydney Philharmonia) |
Christopher Taplin | ... | singer: boy soprano |
Jacob Van Eyck | ... | composer: recorder solo, "Doen Daphne d'over schoone Maeght" |
Coralie Hartl | ... | orchestra contractor (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Marie La Haye | ... | continuity |
Transportation Department
Réjean Bouchard | ... | driver: cast |
Owen Coughlan | ... | office driver: Montreal |
Edmond Delorimier | ... | driver: wardrobe |
Jim Disensi | ... | transportation coordinator |
Lorne Dosogne | ... | driver: cast |
David Leblanc | ... | driver: cast |
Gerardo Manzi | ... | honeywagon operator |
Richard Marsan | ... | attendant: hair & makeup trailer |
Tim Parkinson | ... | driver captain (as Ian 'Tim' Parkinson) |
Don Poole | ... | transportation coordinator |
Jon Prévost | ... | driver: cast (as John Prévost) |
Don Riordan | ... | driver: cast |
Joelle St-Gelais | ... | office driver: La Baie (as Joël St-Gelais) |
Ted Wilson | ... | driver: cast (as Teddy Wilson) |
Additional Crew
Annabelle Alvarez | ... | assistant accountant (as Annabell Alvarez) |
Joe C.W. Armstrong | ... | consultant: cartography |
Belinda Bennetts | ... | title designer: opening titles |
Helen Bobish Atkinson | ... | translator: Cree (as Helen Atkinson) |
Cherri Campbell | ... | assistant: Mr. Lantos |
Merrianne Couture | ... | production secretary |
Earl Danyluk | ... | extras captain |
Lois Davey | ... | tutor |
Marie-Luce David | ... | production secretary: France |
Doreen Davis | ... | production accountant |
Paul Dupont | ... | safety consultant |
Sandrine Fayos | ... | continuity: France |
Claude Fortin | ... | production assistant |
Romain Gagnon | ... | production assistant |
Eric Gendron | ... | production assistant |
Jay Grant | ... | caterer |
Alan Hooper | ... | canoe instructor |
Ginette Hoyse | ... | assistant craft service |
Desmond Kennedy | ... | assistant accountant |
Martha-Marie Kleinhans | ... | production coordinator |
Josée Lachance | ... | assistant: Mr. Beresford (as Joseé Lachance) |
Susan Lane | ... | assistant: Ms. Milliken |
Pierre Lapointe | ... | production assistant |
Marc Larose | ... | production assistant |
Ian MacArthur | ... | caterer (as Ian Macarthur) |
Remy Maltais | ... | pontoon operator |
Karen Marginson | ... | unit publicist |
Jill Morton | ... | assistant craft service |
Anna Maria Muccilli | ... | publicist: Alliance Communications |
Donna Noonan | ... | consultant: First Nations |
Réjean Obomsawin | ... | extras coordinator |
Charles Obrul | ... | laboratory liaison |
Philippa Orsborn | ... | financial consultant |
Paula Paizes | ... | legal advisor: Samson Productions |
Rick Parker | ... | raven trainer |
Jean-Clément Renaud | ... | craft service coordinator |
Marce Savoie | ... | canoe wrangler (as Marcel Savoie) |
Colin Tomlins | ... | production secretary |
Diane Tremblay | ... | nurse |
Martin Tremblay | ... | office assistant: La Baie |
Billy Two Rivers | ... | translator: Mohawk |
Jose Uria | ... | production assistant |
Thanks
Chisasibi Indian Band | ... | thanks |
River Desert Indian Band | ... | thanks |
Waswanipi Band | ... | thanks |
West Bay Indian Band | ... | thanks |
Joseph Campeau | ... | acknowledgment: traditional native songs provided by, intertribal round dance (as Joe Campeau) |
Isoland Claveau | ... | acknowledgment: local resources |
Alberta Cree | ... | acknowledgment: traditional native songs provided by, intertribal pow wow song |
Alex Skead | ... | acknowledgment: traditional native songs provided by, Ojbway travelling song |
Production Companies
- Alliance Communications Corporation (present)
- Samson Productions Pty. Ltd. (present)
- Téléfilm Canada (produced with the participation of)
- First Choice Canadian Communication Corporation (in association with)
- Rogers Telefund (with the participation of)
- Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) (made with the participation of)
- Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (II)
Distributors
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1991) (United States) (theatrical)
- Film-Centrum (1992) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Hoyts Fox Columbia TriStar Films (1992) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Transmundo Films (1992) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Transmundo Home Video (THV) (1992) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Vidmark Entertainment (1992) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Vidmark Entertainment (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- AMLF (1994) (France) (theatrical)
- KSS (1995) (Japan) (theatrical)
- KSS Films (1995) (Japan) (VHS)
- Vidmark Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Pioneer (1998) (United Kingdom) (video) (laserdisc)
- Trimark Home Video (1998) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- Indies Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (tv)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
- Schröder Media (2014) (Germany) (DVD)
- Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRTN) (1996) (Belgium) (tv) (BRTN2)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1992) (Australia) (video)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
- Concorde Video (1992) (Germany) (VHS)
- EuroVideo (2020) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- EuroVideo (2020) (Germany) (DVD)
- Fox 8 (2000) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Indaco Pictures (2014) (Italy)
- Paris Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Videomax (1993) (Mexico) (VHS)
- Videomax (Mexico) (VHS)
- White Goatee Films (WGF) (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1995) (Germany) (tv)
Special Effects
- Intrigue (special effects)
- Introvision International
Other Companies
- A & R Brochu Construction (set construction company)
- Alcan Ltée (we wish to thank)
- Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) (music recorded at)
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (camera dollies)
- Chisasibi Indian Band (we wish to thank)
- Conseil Général de la Seine Maritime (we wish to thank)
- Conseil de Bande d'Odanak (we wish to thank)
- Conseil de Bande de Betsiamites (we wish to thank)
- Conseil de Bande des Montagnais du Lac St-Jean (we wish to thank)
- Directors Guild of Canada (logo)
- Elite Productions (casting: Quebec)
- Film Finances Canada (completion guarantee)
- Film Insurance Underwriting Agencies (FIUA) (insurers)
- Huronia Historical Parks (we wish to thank: Sainte-Marie among the Hurons)
- Huronia Museum, Midland, ON (we wish to thank)
- L'Administration de Monuments Historiques (we wish to thank)
- Master's Workshop (adr: Canada)
- Ministère des Loisirs de la Chasse et de la Pêche du Québec (we wish to thank)
- Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (we wish to thank)
- Moneypenny Services (production accountant: Australia)
- Montreal Native Friendship Centre (we wish to thank)
- Musée des Traditions et Arts Normands (we wish to thank)
- Optical & Graphics (end titles)
- Optical & Graphics (subtitles)
- Ottawa Native Friendship Centre (we wish to thank)
- Panavision (cameras and lenses: Panaflex®)
- Parc Saguenay (we wish to thank)
- Public Archives of Canada (courtesy: maps & prints)
- Reserve Faunique Ashapmushuan (we wish to thank)
- River Desert Indian Band (we wish to thank)
- Réserve Indienne de Wolinak (we wish to thank)
- S.T.C.V.Q. (technical crew)
- Screen Producers Association of Australia (acknowledgment)
- Soundfirm (sound studio)
- Spectrum Films (post-production facilities)
- Strings Plus (orchestra leader)
- The Council of Crees of Waskaganish (we wish to thank)
- The Joe C.W. Armstrong Canadiana Collection (courtesy: maps & prints)
- Ville de Rouen (we wish to thank)
- Waswanipi Indian Band (we wish to thank)
- West Bay Indian Band (we wish to thank)
- Zoo St-Félicien (we wish to thank)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
1634, New France. Nearing the onset of winter, French Jesuit priest Father Laforgue, one of the younger ones in the settlement founded by explorer Samuel de Champlain, is embarking on a journey estimated to be 1,500 miles largely by canoe, to discover what happened to the missionary settlement meant to convert the Huron to Christianity. He is accompanied by non-Jesuit laborer Daniel, who hopes, from this experience, to be able to work toward being ordained upon returning to France, and a tribe of Algonquins who are acting as his guides, not only in navigating the geography, but arguably more importantly liaising with other indigenous tribes they will ultimately encounter along the way. Champlain himself and the older priests in the settlement view this mission as one from which Laforgue will never return alive. One of the reasons is the general distrust between the Jesuits and the indigenous population, even the generally peaceful Algonquin, some who consider Laforgue a demon in not understanding his rituals around his faith. Conversely, Laforgue does not try to understand his guides, but rather know their rituals so as to at least work with them. While the Jesuits live by their faith in a global sense, the indigenous tribes have their own faith largely tied to a sense of place, which will affect what happens between Laforgue and the Algonquin on the trek. Another issue is the enemy status between some of the tribes, especially the Iroquois, with those tribes arguably having a difficult time losing what has long been their kill or be killed mentality. Adding to the complications is Daniel falling in love with Annuka, an Algonquin, their relationship which only makes Laforgue question his own faith. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | A journey to paradise. See more » |
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Budget | AUD11,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
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. See more » |
Goofs | 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. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Beauty and the Beast/Black Robe/My Girl/Meeting Venus (1991). See more » |
Quotes |
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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? See more » |