Today it is the city of Montreal, but 3 centuries ago the tiny band of missionary founders called it Ville-Marie, the holy city of Mary. This film goes back to its beginning and those who felt called to plant an oasis of Christianity in the North American wilderness. In an imaginative, at times almost surrealistic, way the film recalls the highborn company from France, and shows what survives of Ville-Marie in the Montreal of today.
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Denys Arcand Director · Andrée Thibault Writer Michel Brault Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1965 · Produced in Canada · Original title Les Montréalistes
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ONF | NFB
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Canada
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Original title
Les Montréalistes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · January 1, 1965
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