The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008)

Directed by

Michael James Rowland

Genre

historical film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h

Rated

MA15+

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In early 19th century Tasmania, a priest visits a convicted bushranger named Alexander Pearce in his cell. Pearce recounts his violent escape from a penal colony and the desperate choices he made to survive in the wilderness.

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What happens

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, also titled Last Confessions of The Cannibal: The Strange Story of Alexander Pearce, is a 2008 Australian-Irish film directed by Michael James Rowland starring Irish actors Adrian Dunbar as Father Philip Conolly and Ciarán McMenamin as bushranger Alexander Pearce. The film was shot on location in Tasmania and Sydney. It was nominated for several awards, winning several, including Best Television Movie in the Inside Film Awards. Director Michael James Rowland was nominated in the Best Director (Telemovie) category in the 2009 Australian Directors' Guild Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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