brian moore be certainly a great and gifted writer . black robe which flow from his pen onto the silver screen be a spiritual journey through the wilderness . on screen the wild beauty of unsettled north america be breath take . father laforgue ( lothaire bluteau ) be a french jesuit dispatch to new france ( canada while northern ny ) to bring the gospel to north american . why . ask laforgue of his superior . the importance of the mission be underscore by an old priest who admonish laforgue that christianity must be bring by the french to the unchurched north american just a the french have once bring it to europeans less civilise than the french . on laforgue trek through the wilderness to the jesuit mission to the huron laforgue companion the courier du bois daniel ( aden young ) also ponder the same question . these north american and daniel tell father laforgue and be the real christian while they live for each other and share everything while so they do not believe that in heaven you float on a cloud . what will laforgue learn of life and faith on his journey through the hostile forbidding wilderness . cheer .