Black Robe
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Canada, Australia · 1991
Rated R · 1h 41m
Director Bruce Beresford
Starring Lothaire Bluteau, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg, Tantoo Cardinal
Genre Adventure, Drama, History
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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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