WUD Film and the UW Lubar Institute present: “Jesus of Montreal” (1990)
Part of an eight-film series, “Religion on Film,” each presented by a member of the College of Letters & Science
Event Details
Date
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Time
7 p.m.
Location
Marquee Theater, Union South
Description
dir: Denys Arcand | Canada, France | 119 min. | French w/ English subtitles. An actor is hired to modernize the local Passion play in this “intelligent, audacious” drama which “attempts to shake up stale religious assumptions, undermine religiosity with wit, and question the Gospels with a new reverence” (Caryn James, NYTimes).” Winner, Jury Prize, Prize of Ecumenical Jury, 1989 Cannes Film Festival; Best Film, 1990 Genie Awards. presented by Ritt Deitz | UW Professional French Masters Program
Cost
Free
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