Savage Messiah

IMDb link: 0303010
IMDb rating: 6.3 (1,311 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Director: Luc Picard, Mario Azzopardi
Cast: Louis Ferreira, Isabelle Blais, Polly Walker and others

Release date: 26 Apr 2002
Release year: 2002
Runtime: 94 minutes
Country: Canada, United Kingdom
Keywords: child abuse, court, female full frontal nudity, female frontal nudity, female rear nudity, leader, cult, abuse, commune, social worker

Plot:

Based on real-life events in Canada in the late 1980's, social worker Paula Jackson investigated a commune run by a messiah-like figure who referred to himself as Moses. Jackson's findings uncovered disturbing mental and physical abuses of this cult's members by its maniacal leader. Soon, Jackson found herself fighting to save Moses's followers.

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