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Savage Messiah is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Mario Azzopardi released in USA on 1 january 2001 with Polly Walker
Savage Messiah (2002)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 2001
Length 1h34
Directed by Mario Azzopardi
OriginCanada
Themes Films about religion
Rating62%
Savage Messiah (French: Moïse, l’affaire Roch Thériault) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2002. The film dramatizes the real-life story of Roch "Moïse" Thériault, a cult leader who was arrested in Burnt River, Ontario, in 1989.
The film stars Luc Picard as Thériault, and Polly Walker as Paula Jackson, the social worker whose investigation revealed Thériault's crimes. The film's cast also includes Isabelle Blais, Louis Ferreira, Pascale Montpetit, Isabelle Cyr, Robert Higden and Domini Blythe.
The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 23rd Genie Awards. Picard won Best Actor, Montpetit won Best Supporting Actress and screenwriter Sharon Riis won Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was also nominated, but did not win, in the categories of Best Actress (Walker and Blais), Best Cinematography (Serge Ladouceur) and Best Costume Design (Mario D'Avignon). Director Mario Azzopardi was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Feature Film at the 2003 Director's Guild of Canada awards.
Synopsis
Inspiré d'un fait vécu. Roch Thériault (Luc Picard), le chef d'une étrange commune, vivait avec 2 hommes, ses 10 femmes et ses 23 enfants. Une travailleuse sociale (Polly Walker) devine, malgré les apparences trompeuses, le désespoir des femmes de Thériault lors d'une visite de la commune. Malgré l'indifférence de ses collègues de travail, elle entreprend une enquête qui mène à de terribles découvertes ; un enfant mort, d'étranges rituels ainsi que de graves cas de violence physique et psychologique. Ce faisant, elle met sa carrière et sa vie en jeu. Elle est toutefois prête à surmonter tous les obstacles pour libérer les membres de cette étrange communauté de l'emprise de Thériault. Elle doit également affronter Thériault qui manipule avec une étonnante facilité les gens et le système, y compris les enquêteurs nommés par le tribunal.Actors
Polly Walker
(Paula Jackson)
Luc Picard
(Roch 'Moïse' Thériault)
Justin Louis
Isabelle Blais
(Lise)
Domini Blythe
(Gayle)
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