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Jesus of Montreal (French: Jésus de Montréal) is a 1989 Canadian comedy drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay.
This unconventional Canadian film focuses on an acting troupe hired to stage a Passion play about the life of Jesus. Led by Daniel (Lothaire Bluteau), the actors, all struggling with their own...
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May 9, 2024 · The cast of Jesus of Montreal includes talented actors portraying various characters in this drama film. The story follows a group of actors who stage a controversial Passion play in a church, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.
Sep 20, 2009 · Article by Andrew McIntosh, Noreen Golfman. Published Online September 20, 2009. Last Edited February 13, 2017. Denys Arcand’s Jésus de Montréal is a provocative satire about an actor whose life increasingly comes to resemble that of Jesus during a production of the Passion Play.
1 hr 59 mins. Drama. R. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Denys Arcand wrote and directed this sharp satire of religious hypocrisy and commercialism about an actor (Lothaire Bluteau) who stages a...
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Aug 16, 2020 · We see this in the actor’s immediate deference to the skills of Daniel Coulombe (Jesus) played by Lothlaire Bluteau – “There’s a good actor” and also in the woman’s comment: “I want his head” (a reference to John’s eventual execution).
Directed by Denys Arcand. An inventive, witty, and illuminating religious work of art about a contemporary staging of the Passion play, the institutional church's reverence for the status quo, and the false gods of secularism. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat.
