Black Robe

1991 101 min ★ 6.5 Adventure, Drama, History

Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict Catholic rules and ideals to try and impose his religion.

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Cast

Lothaire Bluteau

Laforgue

Sandrine Holt

Annuka

August Schellenberg

Chomina

Tantoo Cardinal

Chomina's Wife

Lawrence Bayne

Neehatin

Aden Young

Daniel

Billy Two Rivers

Ougebmat

Wesley Côté

Oujita

Frank Wilson

Father Jerome

François Tassé

Father Bourque

Details

Director

Bruce Beresford

Tagline

"In the winter of 1634, an extraordinary man began a perilous journey into the North American wilderness."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$8,211,952

Production

Samson Productions, First Choice Canadian Communication Corporation, Alliance Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

August 7, 2023

★ 7/10

Regardless of the quality of the production, films like this make me want to throw a brick at the screen! An established culture of Huron living in tandem with nature, turf-warring with their Iroquois neighbours and enduring a largely substance existence are introduced to that most ultimate of plagues. Christianity! It's the eponymous "Laforgue" (Lothaire Bluteau) who is charged by his fellow Jesu...