'' Jesus of Montreal '' won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and swept the 11th Genie Awards , winning 12 prizes , including Best Motion Picture , Best Director for Arcand , and the Golden Reel Award . It was also nominated for the 1989 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
Jesus of Montreal