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99% Rotten Tomatoes Running time 94 minutes Initial release 26 April 2002 Screenplay Sharon Riis | 6.5/10 IMDb Directed by Mario Azzopardi Release date April 26, 2002 Country Canada Director Mario Philip Azzopardi Initial DVD release 4 February 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Polly WalkerLuc PicardIsabelle BlaisLouis FerreiraPascale Montpetit Awards Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay Cast Similar Social work movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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The film stars Luc Picard as Thériault, and Polly Walker as Paula Jackson, the social worker whose investigation revealed Thériault's crimes. The film's cast also includes Isabelle Blais, Louis Ferreira, Pascale Montpetit, Isabelle Cyr, Robert Higden and Domini Blythe.
The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 23rd Genie Awards. Picard won Best Actor, Montpetit won Best Supporting Actress and screenwriter Sharon Riis won Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was also nominated, but did not win, in the categories of Best Actress (Walker and Blais), Best Cinematography (Serge Ladouceur) and Best Costume Design (Mario D'Avignon). Director Mario Azzopardi was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Feature Film at the 2003 Director's Guild of Canada awards.