February 15, 1839 (2001)

Original title

15 Février 1839

Directed by

Pierre Falardeau

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 54m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the final days of Patriote rebels imprisoned in 1839 after a failed rebellion in Lower Canada. It focuses on their incarceration and execution for seeking independence from British rule.

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What happens

February 15, 1839 (French: 15 février 1839) is a 2001 Quebec historical drama film. Directed by Pierre Falardeau, it is about the incarceration at the Pied-du-Courant Prison and the execution by hanging there of Patriote participants of the Lower Canada Rebellion. Those rebels sought to make Lower Canada, now Quebec, a republic independent from the British Empire. It features as characters the historical figures François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, his wife Henriette and Charles Hindelang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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