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Each year a group of actors put on a traditional
passion play in Montreal, Canada. This year a new director
decides to inject a bit of realism by including all manner
of historically accurate detail. This upsets the Church
since it so attached to its traditional story-line full
of the sort of inaccuracies to be found in most Christian
inspired renditions - the sort of thing found in Holleywood
movies and even in supposedly realistic offerings like The
Passion of the Christ.
The real story is how the actors' lives
begin to mirror the story of the Passion itself.
You don't need to be a Christian to enjoy
this film. In fact it will probably appeal to non-Christians
more than Christian believers, since it does a fantastic
job of portraying institutional Church hypocrisy.
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Genre: Drama
Year: 1989
Directed by Denys Arcand
Writing credits Denys Arcand
Runtime: 118 min / Canada:119 min / USA:120 min
Country: Canada
Colour: Colour
Sound Mix: Dolby
Cast:
Lothaire Bluteau, Daniel
Catherine Wilkening, Mireille
Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Constance
Rémy Girard, Martin
Robert Lepage, René
Gilles Pelletier, Fr. Leclerc
Yves Jacques, Richard Cardinal
Cédric Noël
Pauline Martin
Véronique Le Flaguais
Jean-Louis Millette
Monique Miller
Christine-Ann Atallah
Valérie Gagné
Claude Léveillée
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