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p Running Head : JESUS OF MONTREAL

Jesus of Montreal : A Movie Review

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Jesus of Montreal : A Movie Review

Father Leclerc , a parish priest , noted that the church passion play has lost religious significance in the lives of his parishioners . With the goal of reinstating its importance , he hires an impassioned actor named Daniel . Daniel 's role is to energize the people of the parish and put new meaning into the liturgy of the passion . In to accomplish this , he gathered four of his friends . Daniel and

his friends live in a small and shaky apartment . To satisfy the expectations of the parish priest , they begin to attach their characters to the historic characters of Jesus and his apostles . The play becomes a citywide phenomenon . Many people begin to see things differently that is , it is possible for a religious liturgy to be incorporated into governing social and cultural expectations . The parish priest becomes worried . The play is too radical in both form and content . Leclerc superiors ' demand a cancellation of the play to which the obedient parish priest (though with some regrets follows

Daniel and his friends begin to reinterpret the value and purpose of their lives . Mireille , a commercial model , realizes that she was only being used in the industry . Through the play , she begins to see her potential as a person . Daniel , who plays as Jesus in the film , feels that he is undergoing persecution at the hands of the church . Needless to say , members...