Black Robe (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Black Robe


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Bruce Beresford
producer = Robert Lantos Sue Milliken Stéphane Reichel
writer = Brian Moore
starring = Lothaire Bluteau Aden Young Sandrine Holt Tantoo Cardinal Gordon Tootoosis August Schellenberg
music = Georges Delerue
cinematography = Peter James
editing = Tim Wellburn
distributor = Samuel Goldwyn Company
released = September 5, 1991 (premiere at TIFF)
October 4, 1991 (USA)
February 27, 1992 (Australia)
runtime = 101 min.
Rating = R
language = English Latin Cree Mohawk Algonquin
budget =
imdb_id = 0101465|

"Black Robe" is a 1991 film 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's main character, Father Laforgue, is played by Lothaire Bluteau, with other cast members including Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, August Schellenberg,Gordon Tootoosis, and Raoul Trujillo. It was the first official co-production between Canada and Australia.It was shot entirely in the Canadian province of Quebec.cite web|last =Variety|title=Black Robe|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117789325.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0]

ynopsis

The film is set in the 17th century and tells the story of a Jesuit priest and his young companion who are escorted in late fall by Algonquin Indians across what is now called Quebec, to find a distant mission in a Huron village. Most of their Algonquin escorts desert them, under the impression that he is a demon, and the rest of his party are captured by a party of Iroquois. They escape, and the priest eventually finds the Jesuit mission on his own.

Reception

"Black Robe" received praise for being a magnificently staged combination of top talents delivering a gripping and tragic story, and has been rated one of the most meticulously researched representations of Native American life ever put on film.cite web|last=Rotten Tomatoes|title=Black Robe (1991)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_robe/about.php] Notably, the film includes authentic dialog in the Cree, English, Mohawk, Algonquin, and Latin languages. The film won the Genie Award for Best Canadian Film.

References

* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=141288;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Black Robe details] National Film and Sound ArchiveFootnotes

External links

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* [http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=63&navid=46 "Black Robe " entry] in the Canadian Film Encyclopedia