A long line of women fills up a traditional looking catholic church. One by one they are pouring into the tiny, wooden Confessional. At the bottom right corner, a box sits saying “The Axe Effect” and the image of a can of Axe body spray. The women seem to be all different ages, business women to high school ,and come from all walks of life though their faces are not showing. With their hands crossed, and heads bent at a slight angle. Hands are full, perhaps showing a crunch for time during their
Black Robe" is a 1991 movie starring Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young and Sandrine Holt. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and adapted from Brian Moore's 1985 novel of the same name. It was produced by a “Joint Film Production of Australia and Canada”. The movie lasts about one hour and forty-one minutes. The movie was named "Best Canadian Film" at the 12th Annual Genie Awards, with August Schellenberg also taking home the "Best Supporting Actor" trophy. (Epinions, 2004) The movie revolves around a
much later was it apparent that the European settlement of North America led to the destruction of the original inhabitants, not their salvation. The film, a bleak and dour affair that seems filmed mostly under gray, glowering skies, stars Lothaire Bluteau in the central role of young Father Laforgue. Bluteau's name may not ring a bell, but if you saw "Jesus of Montreal" you will recognize him immediately as the young actor who played the title role, gaunt and intense. In this film, he undertakes
In the film "Dark Robe", the story of the first contacts between the Indians and the Jesuit preachers from France who came to change over them to Catholicism. This motion picture concentrates on the religious and social conflicts, and it outlines a few similitudes and contrasts between the Indians and the Jesuits. The film demonstrates that despite the fact that the Indians and the Jesuits have distinctive conviction frameworks, they have a few similitudes. They both have confidence and trust in
When Columbus first set foot in the New World, he believed that he had arrived in the islands just off the coast of Cipango, known today as China. Thinking this, he called the people that he met Indians, as they lived on the islands that he falsely believed were the Indies. The term Indian spread back to Europe, as did the term Indies, and to this day, Native Americans are known as Indians, and the Caribbean islands are referred to as the West Indies. The Indians populated a much greater area than