Black Robe
MGM / UA (1991)
Adventure, Drama
In Collection
#1716
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Seen ItYes
027616864352
IMDB   7.2
1 hr 41 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Lawrence Bayne Neehatin
Lothaire Bluteau Father Laforgue
Tantoo Cardinal Chomina's Wife
Sadrine Holt
August Schellenberg Chomina
Raoul Trujillo
Aden Young Daniel
Sandrine Holt Annuka
Billy Two Rivers Ougebmat
Harrison Liu Awondoie
Wesley Cote Oujita
Frank Wilson Father Jerome
Director
Bruce Beresford
Producer Robert Lantos
Sue Milliken
Denis Heroux
Jake Eberts
Denis Héroux
Writer Brian Moore
Musician Georges Delerue


"Superbly intelligent. A triumph!" -The New Yorker

From acclaimed director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) and adapted by screenwriter Brian Moore from his novel of the same name, Black Robe is "amazing…and adventure film that is as intelligent as it is enthralling" (US Magazine)!

French Jesuit missionary Father Laforgue travels to the magnificently austere Canadian wilderness to save the souls of a "savage and godless" people -- the native tribes of the Huron and Algonquin. But the natives, who have their own spiritual value system that differs drastically from Christianity, are immediately suspicious, resentful and openly hostile toward the intrusive "Black Robe". And when Laforgue fires a reluctant group of Algonquin to escort him on a harrowing 1500-mile journey up the broad and sinuous St. Lawrence River, a devastating chain of events not only causes him to question his deeply held beliefs…but also forever changes the course of history for the natives' way of life.
Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Chapters 16
Release Date 7/10/2001
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Original Theatrical Trailer