

Black Robe
In the winter of 1634, an extraordinary man began a perilous journey into the North American wilderness.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $11M
- Box office
- $8.2M
- Language
- Cree
- quebec
- wilderness
- native american
- journey
- jesuits (society of jesus)
- 17th century
- algonquin indian
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)R1 Nov 1991
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical7 Feb 1992
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM27 Feb 1992
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival5 Sept 1991
- Theatrical4 Oct 1991
FranceFR
- TheatricalU14 Sept 1994
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12Concorde28 May 1992
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1223 Sept 1993
- Physical12DVD4 Jun 2002
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Black Robe was released on 4 October 1991.
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CinemaSerf
8/7/2023
Regardless of the quality of the production, films like this make me want to throw a brick at the screen! An established culture of Huron living in tandem with nature, turf-warring with their Iroquois neighbours and enduring a largely substance existence are introduced to that most ultimate of plagues. Christianity! It's the eponymous "Laforgue" (Lothaire Bluteau) who is charged by his fellow Jesuits to travel to thi…
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