Peterloo (2018)

Directed by

Mike Leigh

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 157 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film depicts the events leading up to and including the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester. It follows working class protesters demanding political reform and the violent response from government forces.

historicalsomberdramaticdetailedpoliticalslow-pacedseriousthoughtful

What happens

Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, it stars Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, and Pearce Quigley. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. The film received its UK premiere on 17 October 2018, as part of the BFI London Film Festival, at HOME in Manchester. The screening marked the first time that the festival had held a premiere outside London. Leigh said he was delighted that Peterloo would be premiered "where it happened". It was released in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2018, by Entertainment One and in the United States on 5 April 2019, by Amazon Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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