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Jesus of Montreal   1989         R, 120 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama Director: Denys Arcand   Cast: Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Remy Girard, Robert Lepage, Gilles Pelletier, Yves Jacques, Jean-Louis Millette, Cedric Noel, Pauline Martin   When the Catholic Church opposes an unconventional production of the Passion Play in Montreal, the group of actors, which had enjoyed new-found popularity, see their lives imitating stories from the Bible as they are condemned by society. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.