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Les Manants du roi (2018)

Les Manants du roi poster
Directed by
Guillaume Laidet
Genre
docufiction
Country
France

How it feels

This docufiction examines the War in the Vendée between 1793 and 1796. It presents testimonies from both sides of the conflict and uses clips from other films to support the narrative.

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What happens

Les Manants du roi : Vendée 1793-1796 est une docufiction française, conçue par Patrick Buisson et réalisée en 2018 par Guillaume Laidet, avec des textes de Michel Chamard. Le film traite de la guerre de Vendée. Il alterne entre les témoignages de personnages des deux camps et des extraits de longs-métrages, comme Les Mariés de l'an II ou Le Dialogue des carmélites, illustrant leur propos. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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