Black Robe is a 1991 historical drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, adapted by Brian Moore from his 1985 novel of the same name.

To do so, he must traverse 2,400 km of harsh wilderness with the help of a group of Algonquins, facing danger from both the unfamiliar environment and rival tribes.

The film stars Lothaire Bluteau in the title role, with other cast members: Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, August Schellenberg, Gordon Tootoosis and Raoul Trujillo.

It was nominated for ten Genie Awards and won six, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Beresford), Best Adapted Screenplay (Moore) and Best Supporting Actor (Schellenberg).

Set in New France in 1634 (during the period of conflicts known as the Beaver Wars), the film begins in the settlement that will one day become Quebec City.

Samuel de Champlain, the founder of the settlement, sends Father LaForgue, a young Jesuit priest, to join a Catholic mission in a distant Huron village.

LaForgue is accompanied on his journey by a non-Jesuit assistant, Daniel, and a group of Algonquin Indians, whom Champlain has charged with guiding him to the Huron village.

As they recover LaForgue, a party of Mohawk Iroquois attack them, killing most of the Algonquins such as Chomina's wife, and take the rest captive.

The prisoners are taken to an Iroquois fortress, where they are forced to run the gauntlet and to watch Chomina's young son be killed.

As the weather grows colder, Annuka and Daniel take LaForgue to the outskirts of the Huron settlement but leave him to enter it alone, as Chomina had dreamed must happen.

The success of Dances with Wolves, a film with similar themes released the prior year, also convinced Alliance of the project's viability.

[7] Black Robe was praised as a "magnificently staged combination of top talents delivering a gripping and tragic story",[3] and has been rated one of the most meticulously researched representations of indigenous life put on film.

[12] In Canada, it won the Golden Reel Award, indicating the highest box-office performance of any Canadian film that year.

[13] Black Robe grossed $2,036,056 at the box office in Australia, the third highest-grossing Australian film of the year behind Strictly Ballroom and Romper Stomper.