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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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The titles (in the US) of the best French films, sorted by title
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Genre |
Director |
1 | 8 Women | 2001 | Music, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | François Ozon | 2 | A Heart in Winter | 1992 | Romance, Drama, Music | Claude Sautet | 3 | Beauty and The Beast | 1946 | Fantasy Drama, Romance | Jean Cocteau | 4 | Belle de Jour | 1967 | Erotic Drama | Luis Buñuel | 5 | Betty Blue | 1986 | Romace, Drama | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 6 | Birds Of A Feather | 1978 | Comedy | Edouard Molinaro | 7 | Bitter Moon | 1992 | Sado-masochistic Erotic Drama | Roman Polanski | 8 | Breathless | 1960 | Drama, Romance | Jean-Luc Godard | 9 | Children of Paradise | 1945 | Drama, Romance | Marcel Carne | 10 | Cyrano de Bergerac | 1990 | Romance, Drama | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | 11 | Delicatessen | 1991 | Sci-Fi Comedy | Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 12 | Diva | 1981 | Action Thriller, Drama | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 13 | French Twist | 1995 | Comedy | Josiane Balasko | 14 | Hidden | 2005 | Drama | Michael Haneke | 15 | Hiroshima, Mon Amour | 1959 | Romance, Drama | Alain Resnais | 16 | Jean de Florette | 1986 | Drama, Modernised Greek Tragedy | Claude Berri | 17 | Jesus of Montreal | 1989 | Drama | Denys Arcand | 18 | Jules et Jim | 1961 | Romance, Drama | François Truffaut | 19 | La Controverse de Valladolid | 1992 | History (16thC), Drama | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | 20 | La Femme Nikita | 1990 | Crime, Thriller, Romance, Drama | Luc Besson | 21 | Manon of the Spring | 1986 | Drama, Romance, modernised Greek Tragedy | Claude Berri | 22 | Monsieur Hire | 1989 | Crime Thriller, Romance, Drama | Patrice Leconte | 23 | My Life in Pink | 1997 | Comedy Drama | Alain Berliner | 24 | One Swallow Brought Spring | 2001 | Comedy, Romance, Drama | Christian Carion | 25 | Queen Margot | 1994 | History (16thC) Drama, Biography, History, Romance | Patrice Chéreau | 26 | Ridicule | 1996 | History (18thC) Drama | Patrice Leconte | 27 | Swimming Pool | 2003 | Psychological Thriller, Mystery Drama | François Ozon | 28 | The 400 Blows | 1959 | Crime Drama | François Truffaut | 29 | The Big Blue | 1988 | Drama, Romance | Luc Besson | 30 | The City of Lost Children | 1995 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro | 31 | The Closet | 2001 | Comedy Drama | Francis Veber | 32 | The Discrete Charm of the Bougoisie | 1972 | Surreal Black Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Luis Buñuel | 33 | The Dominici Affair | 1973 | Crime Drama Mystery | Claude Bernard-Aubert | 34 | The Double Life of Veronique | 1991 | Music, Fantasy, Romance, Psychological Drama | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 35 | The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain | 2001 | Comedy, Romance, Drama | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 36 | The Girl On The Bridge | 1999 | Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama | Patrice Leconte | 37 | The Hate | 1995 | Crime, Drama | Mathieu Kassovitz | 38 | The Last Metro | 1980 | Romance, History (WW2) Drama | François Truffaut | 39 | The Piano Teacher | 2001 | Drama, Music | Michael Haneke | 40 | The Reader | 1988 | Mildly Erotic Comedy Fantasy | Michel Deville | 41 | The Return of Martin Guerre | 1982 | History (16thC) Drama, Biography, Crime, Mystery, | Daniel Vigne | 42 | The Visitors | 1993 | Fantasy, Comedy | Jean-Marie Poiré | 43 | Three Colors: Blue | 1993 | Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 44 | Three Colors: Red | 1994 | Drama, Mystery, Romance | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 45 | Three Colors: White | 1994 | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
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