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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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Title
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Year |
Director |
Genre |
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1. |
Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources |
1986 |
Claude Berri. |
Historical drama / modernised Greek
Tragedy |
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2. |
Gazon Maudit |
1995 |
Josiane Balasko |
Comedy |
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3. |
Le Retour de Martin Guerre |
1982 |
Daniel Vigne |
Historical Drama |
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4. |
La Cage Aux Folles |
1978 |
Edouard Molinaro |
Comedy |
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5. |
Delicatessen |
1991 |
Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Comedy, Sci-Fi |
|
|
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6. |
Belle
de Jour |
1967 |
Luis Buñuel |
Erotic Drama |
|
|
| |
7. |
La
Belle et la Bête |
1946 |
Jean Cocteau |
Drama, Fantasy |
|
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| |
8. |
Jules et Jim |
1961 |
François Truffaut |
Drama, Romance |
|
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9. |
Diva |
1981 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
Thriller, Drama, Music |
|
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10. |
Jésus
de Montréal |
1989 |
Denys Arcand |
Drama |
|
|
| |
11. |
Ma Vie en Rose |
1997 |
Alain Berliner |
Comedy Drama |
|
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12. |
Un Coeur En Hiver |
1992 |
Claude Sautet |
Romantic Drama |
|
|
| |
13. |
Monsieur
Hire |
1989 |
Patrice Leconte |
Drama, Crime, Thriller, Romance |
|
|
| |
14. |
La Femme Nikita |
1990 |
Luc Besson |
Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama, Romance |
|
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15. |
Le
Placard |
2001 |
Francis Veber |
comedy Drama |
|
|
| |
16. |
La
Reine Margot |
1994 |
Patrice Chéreau |
Historical Drama. |
|
|
| |
17. |
Betty
Blue |
1986 |
Jean-Jacques Beineix |
Romantic Drama |
|
|
| |
18. |
Le
Grand Bleu |
1988 |
Luc Besson |
Romantic Drama |
|
|
| |
19. |
La
Controverse de Valladolid |
1992 |
Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe |
Historical Drama |
|
|
| |
20. |
Amélie |
2001 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
|
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21. |
Les Visiteurs |
1993 |
Jean-Marie Poiré |
Fantasy, Comedy |
|
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| |
22. |
Une
Hirondelle a Fait Le Printemps |
2001 |
Christian Carion |
Comedy Drama |
|
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| |
23. |
Blue
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1993 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
|
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24. |
White
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1994 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
|
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25. |
Red
(Three Colors Trilogy) |
1994 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Drama |
|
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26. |
Breathless |
1959 |
Jean-Luc Godard |
Drama |
|
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27. |
Caché |
2005 |
Michael Haneke |
Drama |
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28. |
La Cité des Enfants Perdus |
1995 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro |
Fantasy Drama |
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29. |
Ridicule |
1996 |
Patrice Leconte |
Historical (18thC) Drama |
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30. |
The
Last Metro |
1980 |
Francois Truffaut |
Historical (WW2) Drama |
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31. |
8 Femmes
|
2001 |
Francois Ozon |
Drama |
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32. |
Les
Enfants du Paradis |
1945 |
Marcel Carne |
Drama |
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33. |
Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie |
1972. |
Luis Buñuel |
Surreal Black Comedy |
|
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| | 34. |
La
Pianiste |
2001 |
Michael Haneke |
Drama |
|
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35. |
Les
Quatre Cent Coups |
1959 |
Francois Truffaut |
Drama |
|
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36. |
La
Haine |
1995 |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
Drama |
|
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37. |
Swimming
Pool |
2003 |
Francois Ozon |
Psychological Thriller and Mystery |
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38. |
Cyrano
de Bergerac |
1990 |
Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
Historical (18C) Drama / Romance |
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39. |
Hiroshima,
Mon Amour |
1959 |
Alain Resnais |
Romantic Drama |
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40. |
La
Fille sur Le Pont |
1999 |
Patrice Leconte |
Drama, Comedy, Romance |
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41. |
La
Double Vie de Véronique |
1991 |
Krzysztof Kieslowski, |
Psychological Drama |
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42. |
La
Lectrice |
1988
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Michel Deville |
Drama, Comedy |
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43. |
Lunes de Fiel (Bitter Moon) |
1992
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Roman Polanski |
Sado-masochistic Erotic Drama |
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