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Black Robe
In 17th-century New France, a young Jesuit missionary journeys deep into the wilderness with a band of Algonquin guides to reach a distant mission, his rigid faith colliding with their way of life. A stark, unsentimental frontier drama.
Why it’s here
Australian director Bruce Beresford offers a rigorous outsider account of seventeenth-century New France and encounters between Jesuit missionaries and Indigenous peoples.
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genre
- Adventure · Drama · History
- Mood
- thoughtful · adventurous
- Entry
- easy entry
- Best for
- first visit