Vaincre ou Mourir new War of the Vendée movie

[rumacara]

For those interested.
It looks interesting.

[has.been]

Looks excellent. I hope it comes with sub-titles though.

[OB]

Yes on both counts.  I have the figures and should see the movie.

[Pan Marek]

Well, it sure looks good.  And, I'm sure it will be a rousing affair.  But the risings in the Vendee were deeply reactionary, and the Roman Catholic church had a big hand in promoting rebellion.  After all, the Revolutionary French government passed laws that essentially ended the church's political power.  Therefore, when the ad copy ends with "The fight for freedom has only just begun",
I start to wonder about how the film's historical accuracy.

[OB]

Yeah me too.  It was conscription and fear of the newly empowered town based middle class that got them reaching for their scythes. All the same I'd like to see it.

[bluewillow]

Hopefully see it at the end of the month, it was filmed locally to me and I am looking forward to it. Hopefully it is a little historical and not trying to beat a drum for either side. Like all civil wars very unpleasant for all concerned.

 It is a period of history that the French still do not want to talk about without a screaming match beginning about which side of the fence you fall on, and has been a interesting observation since we have lived here.

Living in a nobleman’s house who was one of the leaders of the landings at Quiberon bay, and having a plaque on our house to the memory of his execution within regular visits by various historical society’s we landed right in the middle of the Story of the revolution in Mayenne. The house was the female prison where the nuns and noblewomen were detained, before being lead into the square to the Guillotine. Then overnight the guillotine was stored in the courtyard. The 406 executed in our square were then buried in our garden with fellow Mayennaise becoming so full that the Cemetry had to be closed and nobody could live in the noble houses in the square due to the smell for four years.

The genocide after the counter revolution in Maine et Loire, Pays de Loire, Brittany and Normandy is still not fully understood perhaps as many as 200000 dead has been bandied around. Then the Chouan continued fighting right up to 1815 when Napoleon had to send a division during the 100 days to put down the fighting in northern Mayenne and southern Normandy. The reprisals after the fall of Napoleon by the royalists was nearly as bad

[Von Stroheim]

This is a behind the scenes view of the making of the film.

[traveller]

Wow! Looks exciting! Thanks for posting!

[vtsaogames]

Part of the trailer reminded me of Braveheart. Cœur courageux?

[OB]

A thoughtful post Blue Willow, thank you.

[Inkpaduta]

They do the usual Hollywood melee scene. Both sides just take off running at each other. Then smash into one other and break out in hundreds of intermixed skirmishes.
Sigh.

[NickNascati]

Oh, that looks well worth watching.