Savage Messiah (2002)

Directed by

Mario Philip Azzopardi

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about a cult leader in Canada who was arrested in 1989. A social worker investigates his crimes.

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What happens

Savage Messiah (French: Moïse, l’affaire Roch Thériault) is a Canadian thriller-drama film, released in 2002. The film dramatizes the real-life story of Roch "Moïse" Thériault, a cult leader who was arrested in Burnt River, Ontario, in 1989. The film stars Luc Picard as Thériault and Polly Walker as Paula Jackson, the social worker whose investigation revealed Thériault's crimes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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