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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.
Mar 16, 2021 · Most importantly, he discovered the biography Savage Messiah by H. S. Ede which documented the lives of artist Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and writer Sophie Brzeska. The couple lived in direst poverty but were devoted to each other and committed to their art.
Based on a true story a crazy cult leader who views himself as a messiah, and brain washes nine women into being his wives and slaves. A local children's aid worker takes on the cult leader to the save the children and women he is abusing.
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.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Mario Azzopardi
- 2002-04-26
Savage Messiah. 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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- Mario Azzopardi
- R
- Polly Walker
Mar 14, 2012 · Savage Messiah is the story of the French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (referred to as Henri Gaudier in the film) and his relationship with the unpublished author Sophie Brzeska, a Polish woman some 20 years his senior, whom he met in 1910 (and whose name he appended to his own).
Synopsis. Inspired by real-life events, Roch Thériault (Luc Picard), the head of a strange commune, lives with 2 men, his 10 wives, and his 23 children. While visiting Burnt River, Ontario, a social worker (Polly Walker) suspects that the women of Thériault's commune are being abused.
