a a retired christian minister and i have perhaps a different view of the movie than some of the other reviewer . i felt that laforgue and the jesuit priest and show amazing courage to undertake his mission under the most difficult of circumstance . director bruce beresford have address the issue of clash culture in several of his other film represent drive miss daisy and mr. johnson for example . and he present the complexity of culture anew in this film . i be strike by the absolute beauty of québec and the film cinematography . back to laforgue for a moment represent here be a protagonist that accomplish his mission with wisdom and intellegence and prayer and dependence upon his faith and lack of violence and and persverance .