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Black Robe, Vidmark Entertainment ; Samuel Goldwyn ; Alliance Communications & Samson Productions present a Robert Lantos production ; executive producers, Jake Eberts, Brian Moore, Denis Héroux ; screenplay by Brian Moore ; produced by Robert Lantos, Stéphane Reichel, Sue Milliken ; directed by Bruce Beresford ; produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada and in association with First Choice Canadian Communications Corporation

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MPAA rating: R, areas of strong violence and sensuality

Black Robe

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228009707

Vidmark Entertainment ; Samuel Goldwyn ; Alliance Communications & Samson Productions present a Robert Lantos production ; executive producers, Jake Eberts, Brian Moore, Denis Héroux ; screenplay by Brian Moore ; produced by Robert Lantos, Stéphane Reichel, Sue Milliken ; directed by Bruce Beresford ; produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada and in association with First Choice Canadian Communications Corporation

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In the rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness, Father Laforgue, a young and idealistic Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron Indians. His Algonquin Indian quides nickname him "Black Robe." His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the beautiful daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested as the expedition faces the elements. Attacked, captured and brutalized by hostile Indians, the traumatic experience challenges everything the young priest believes. Together with his young campanions, he escapes to complete his mission and comes to understand the true spirit of the land and the spirit he sought to convert

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