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Jesus of Montreal (1989)
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Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Original name: Jésus de Montréal
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.
Style: spiritual, controversial, dorama, art house, art film, postmodern, thought provoking, serious, experimental, disturbing ...
Plot: religion, christian, hospital, redemption, church, bible, philosophy, actor, psychopath, faith, spirit, library, waking up, transplant, faith based, liberation theology, nativity, priest, catholic priest, christ allegory, christianity, prostitute, society, introspection, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: canada, quebec, montreal, montreal quebec canada, montreal quebec
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, contemplative and spiritual films with plots about religion, society, religions or cults, hopes, faith, christian and prayer mostly in Drama, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like Jesus of Montreal: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Priest (1994), Julie Walking Home (2002), Leon Morin, Priest (1961), The Encounter (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being ...
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Priest (1994)
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Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
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Julie Walking Home (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, Poland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the ...
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Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 85 min.
Story: When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
Story: The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain ...
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The Apostle Peter: Redemption (2016)
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Duration: 89 min.
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