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.
Cinematography
Quebec wilderness shot like hostile cathedral.
Direction
Beresford refuses easy colonial redemption.
Acting
Bluteau's priest crumbles with devastating restraint.
Director
Bruce Beresford
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