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Jesus of Montreal (1989)
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What happens to the people putting on a Passion Play? Someday Mel Gibson may tell us, but Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal proposes an engaging possibility. In hip present-day Montreal, a group of actors stages the Passion in an outdoor, somewhat avant-garde style, led by the quietly charismatic and increasingly uncanny young man (Lothaire Bluteau, Black Robe) playing Christ. His identification with the role, and the way it bleeds into real life, gives director Denys Arcand plenty of opportunities for social comment--some of it spot-on, some of it a little facile. But the fragile Bluteau is such a fascinating lead presence (the...
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Denys Arcand is well known for making films about the elite minds of Quebec and this film about a struggling actor attempting to give artistic meaning to the story of Jesus Christ, is no exception. You simply must see this film, screw 'The Passion of the Christ', this film has more intellect and grace than anything Mel...
(complete Jesus of Montreal review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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