| Description |
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Guy Dufaux ; art director, François Séguin ; editor, Isabelle Dedieu ; music, Yves Laferrière ; costume designer, Louise Jobin. |
| Cast |
Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Rémy Girard, Robert Lepage, Gilles Pelletier, Yves Jacques. |
| Summary |
A Montreal shrine seeks to inspire its congregants by modernizing its staging of the Passion play. A promising cast of vibrant young actors are signed on - one fresh from perfume commercials, another from the pornographic film industry, and another who had an affair with the basilica's priest - quickly drive the production on to become a smash hit. But as the play enjoys the success, the actors become more and more challenged to separate their real lives from their lives onstage. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 1989: Jury Prize (Denys Arcand); Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Denys Arcand). |
| Language |
French dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Passion-plays -- Drama.
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Actors -- Drama.
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Stage adaptations -- Production and direction -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Melodrama -- Feature.
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| Added Author |
Arcand, Denys, 1941-
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Bluteau, Lothaire.
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Wilkening, Catherine.
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Tremblay, Johanne-Marie.
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Girard, Rémy.
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Lepage, Robert.
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Dufaux, Guy, 1943-
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Laferrière, Yves.
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Koch Lorber Films.
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| Added Title |
Jesus of Montreal |
| ISBN |
1417200723 |
| Standard No. |
741952304296 |
| Music No. |
KLF-DV-3042 Koch Lorber Films |
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