Jesus of Montreal (Bravo Monday at 9:30...

Jesus of Montreal (Bravo Monday at 9:30 a.m.) unfolds as an intense young actor (Lothaire Bluteau) becomes caught up in his role as Jesus. The fun of Denys Arcand’s lethal satire of contemporary popular culture doesn’t disturb this 1989 French-Canadian film’s essential core of spiritual reflection.

La Strada (Bravo Thursday at 6 p.m., Friday at midnight), the 1954 Fellini classic, teams Anthony Quinn as a brutal strongman who tours Italy as a wistful Giulietta Masina tags along.