Black Robe
“In the winter of 1634, an extraordinary man began a perilous journey into the North American wilderness.”
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
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Lothaire Bluteau
Laforgue
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Vikings
Regression
Sandrine Holt
Annuka
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Underworld: Awakening
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August Schellenberg
Chomina
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Free Willy
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Tantoo Cardinal
Chomina's Wife
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Godless
Echo
Lawrence Bayne
Neehatin
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Code 8
X-Men
Aden Young
Daniel
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Rectify
Killer Elite
Billy Two Rivers
Ougebmat
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Taking Lives
Wesley Côté
Oujita
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Frank Wilson
Father Jerome
Known for
Breaker Morant
François Tassé
Father Bourque
Also in
The Maple Leaf
Take It All
Jean Brousseau
Champlain
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Washed Hands
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Yvan Labelle
Mestigoit
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Bogus
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Bruce Beresford Director · Brian Moore Writer Georges Delerue Composer
Worldwide gross $8.2M · Budget $11M · United States release November 1, 1991
Box office
Budget
$11,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,211,952
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Samson Productions
Production
First Choice Canadian Communication Corporation
Production
Alliance Films
Production
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio
Alliance Communications Corporation
Production
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (II)
Production
Rogers Telefund
Production
Téléfilm Canada
Production
Australia · Canada · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Cree · English · Latin
Release dates
Canada · September 5, 1991
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Canada · October 4, 1991
Theatrical
United States · November 1, 1991
Limited theatrical
Australia
February 27, 1992 · Theatrical
France
September 14, 1994 · Theatrical
Germany
May 28, 1992 · Theatrical · Concorde
Netherlands
September 23, 1993 · Theatrical
June 4, 2002 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
February 7, 1992 · Theatrical
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