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Black Robe

Year:
Duration:
101 min | Germany:97 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | History | Western
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Awards:
10 wins & 13 nominations
Details
Country: Canada
Release Date: 1991-10-04
Filming Locations: Lac Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Earnings
Gross: $8,211,952 (USA) Copyright Holder © Copyright MCMXCI Alliance Communications Corporation in trust, Samson Productions Pty Limited, Australian Film Finance Corporation Pty Limited (on print)
Cast
Actor
Character
Lothaire Bluteau
Laforgue
Aden Young
Daniel
Sandrine Holt
Annuka
August Schellenberg
Chomina
Tantoo Cardinal
Chomina's Wife
Billy Two Rivers
Ougebmat
Lawrence Bayne
Neehatin
Harrison Liu
Awondoie
Wesley Côté
Oujita
Frank Wilson
Father Jerome
François Tassé
Father Bourque
Jean Brousseau
Champlain
Yvan Labelle
Mestigoit
James Bobbish
Ondesson
Denis Lacroix
Taratande
Gilles Plante
Older Workman
Gordon Tootoosis
Old Aenons
Marthe Turgeon
Laforgue's Mother
Claude Préfontaine
Old Priest
Deano Clavet
Mercier
Paul Stewart
Workman
Jean-Raymond Châles
Workman
Jean-Jacques Blanchet
Workman
Marco Bacon
Montagnais
Patrick Tenasco
Montagnais
George Pachanos
Iroquois Leader
Minor Mustain
Iroquois #1
Don Brisebois
Iroquois Guard
Jean Raphael
Iroquois Elder (as Jean-Baptiste Raphaél)
Guy Provencher
Old Iroquois Member
Joe De Laronde
Tall Painted Iroquois
LinLyn Lue
She Manitou
Bonfield Marcoux
Domerque (as Bondfield Marcoux)
Wanda Obomsawin
Pregnant Woman
Jean-Pierre Pérusse
Tallevant
Gérard Soler
Masse
Alison Reid
Iroquois Torture Woman
Brenda Adams
Iroquois Torture Woman
Denis Plante
Musician
Daniel Thonon
Musician
Cordelia Beresford
Mlle LaFontaine
Annie Bearskin
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Doreen Stevens
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Joseph Campeau
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Eric Johnston
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Mirya Obomsawin
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Member of the Algonquin Tribe (as Zoe Hopkins)
Rodrigue Boivin
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Irvin Hill
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Valerie Decontie
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Waylon Hare
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Roger Wylde
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Walter Jacobs
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Helen Bobish Atkinson
Member of the Algonquin Tribe (as Helen Atkinson)
John Tenasco
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Jonathan Blacksmith
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Earl Danyluk
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
Arnold Eyah-Saulteux
Member of the Algonquin Tribe
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Trivia
The ferocity of the torture scenes prompted accusations of racism from Native Americans. Prominent among the critics was Ward Churchill, who wrote an article that was heavily critical of the film. However, Brian Moore, who had done extensive research on the subject, had actually toned down the documented violence for both his book and his screenplay.
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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.
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This movie was filmed "in sequence", that is to say, all of the scenes were filmed in the order in which they appear on the screen.
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Goofs
The French characters all speak English. This would normally be overlooked as a conventional dramatic device, were it not for the fact that subtitles are used for the Native Americans.
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When Mestigoit the Sorcerer meets Laforgue, Laforgue is reading the Breviary (daily prayer of a priest). The page is clearly at DOMINICA V POST PASCHA, the fifth Sunday of Easter which falls between 3rd May and 6th June. Yet the action is supposed to be taking place in the autumn-winter of 1634.
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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.
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Quotes
Father Jerome: Our only hope is that - some believe that baptism will cure their fever. If they ask for baptism, we must have a great public ceremony at once.
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Chomina: Tomorrow do not cry out.
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Daniel: They have an afterworld of their own.
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Photos from cast
Raoul Trujillo
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