Bruce Beresford · 1991 · river

Bruce Beresford's 1991 film. In 1634 the young Jesuit Father Laforgue sets out from the French settlement at Quebec to reach a distant Huron mission deep in the wilderness, guided by Algonquin canoemen up the icy rivers of New France. Through hardship, mistrust, torture and a brutal winter, the priest's faith and his companions' world collide on a harrowing journey into the heart of the continent.

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   Quebec

   The tiny French settlement on the St. Lawrence from which the devout young Jesuit Laforgue - the 'black robe' - sets out to reach a far Huron mission, guided by Algonquin canoemen.

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   The Ottawa

   The river route west and north into the wilderness, canoeing against the current through forests and rapids as the season turns and trust between the priest and his guides frays.

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   The mission

   The remote Huron mission near the great bay, reached after a winter of hardship, torture and loss - where Laforgue finds a plague-stricken people and the ruin of everything he came to save.