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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.
Apr 26, 2002 · Savage Messiah: Directed by Mario Azzopardi. With Polly Walker, Luc Picard, Isabelle Blais, Louis Ferreira. As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic rituals, and ruthless mental and physical abuse.
Savage Messiah is a 1972 British biographical drama film of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, made by Russ-Arts and distributed by MGM. It was directed and produced by Ken Russell, with Harry Benn as associate producer, from a screenplay by Christopher Logue, based on the 1931 book Savage Messiah by H. S. Ede.
Synopsis. As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic rituals, and ruthless mental and physical abuse. Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes. Cast. Polly Walker. Paula Jackson. Luc Picard. Roch 'Moïse' Thériault. Isabelle Blais.
In 1980s Ontario a social worker (Polly Walker) investigates conditions at a strange commune presided over by an abusive leader (Luc Picard).
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Savage Messiah (1972) Rated R. The truly original directors seem to stake out a territory and make it their own. John Ford took over Monument Valley, Ingmar Bergman has his island, and Ken Russell is obsessed with the subject of genius.
A prim spinster meets a fiery young sculptor in the Paris library, and their lives change forever. Intense, tempestuous--and platonic--their relationship feeds their talent and creativity, their Savage Messiah.
