Jesus of Montreal

Jesus of Montreal

1989 · 119 min · FR · 7.0 (77 votes)
Dir. Denys Arcand · Starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard, Robert Lepage, Gilles Pelletier · Music Jean-Marie Benoît
Drama

A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.

VIBE

This film feels like a sharp, intellectual jolt. It's a provocative exploration of faith and art colliding in the modern world, blurring the lines between performance and reality with a darkly comic, unsettling edge.

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