Jesus of Montreal

E779128

Jesus of Montreal is a critically acclaimed 1989 Canadian drama film directed by Denys Arcand that reimagines the story of Jesus through a contemporary Montreal theatre production.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jesus of Montreal canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian film
film
awardReceived Genie Award for Best Director NERFINISHED
Genie Award for Best Motion Picture NERFINISHED
Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED
Jury Prize at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
basedOn New Testament NERFINISHED
characterIn story of an actor playing Jesus in a contemporary Montreal Passion play
cinematographyBy Guy Dufaux NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Canada
countryOfSetting Canada NERFINISHED
criticalReception critically acclaimed
director Denys Arcand NERFINISHED
distributor Alliance Releasing NERFINISHED
editedBy Agnès Guillemot NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Montreal NERFINISHED
genre drama
independent film
religious film
hasCastMember Catherine Wilkening NERFINISHED
Gabriel Arcand NERFINISHED
Gilles Pelletier NERFINISHED
Johanne-Marie Tremblay NERFINISHED
Lothaire Bluteau NERFINISHED
Robert Lepage NERFINISHED
Rémy Girard NERFINISHED
hasTheme commercialization of religion
faith and doubt
religion and modern society
role of art in society
inspiredBy life of Jesus
musicBy Yves Laferrière NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation Montreal NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Jésus de Montréal NERFINISHED
partOf Canadian cinema
producer Pierre Gendron NERFINISHED
Roger Frappier NERFINISHED
productionCompany Max Films NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1989
releaseYear 1989
runtimeMinutes 120
screenwriter Denys Arcand NERFINISHED
setIn Montreal NERFINISHED
title Jesus of Montreal NERFINISHED
writtenBy Denys Arcand NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roger Frappier notableWork Jesus of Montreal