Victory or Death

Victory or Death (2023)

Vaincre ou mourir

1793, French Revolution. For three years now, Charette, a young man retired from the Royal Navy, has been back home. In the country, the anger of the peasants rumbles: they call on the young retiree to take command of the rebellion. In a few months, the idle sailor becomes a charismatic leader and a shrewd strategist, bringing in his wake peasants, deserters, women, old people and children, of which he makes a formidable army. The fight for freedom has only just begun.

Date of release
2023-01-25
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (78)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
History, Action, War
Director
Vincent Mottez, Paul Mignot

Casting

Interesting facts

Vaincre ou mourir is a French film co-directed by Paul Mignot and Vincent Mottez, produced by Puy du Fou Films and StudioCanal, released in 2023. The feature focuses on the War in the Vendée through the prism of Vendée general François Athanase Charette de La Contrie.

Production

In March 2022, the Parc du Puy du Fou announced plans to produce a feature-length film through its subsidiary Puy du Fou Films. The project is presented as a historically inspired documentary. This first film focuses on François-Athanase Charette de La Contrie, a major figure in the Vendée War. The project follows on from Le Dernier Panache, created in the Vendée park and voted Best World Creation by the Themed Entertainment Association in 2016.

Several historians and specialists were consulted by the filmmakers, without taking part in writing the script: Jean-Clément Martin, Anne Rolland-Boulestreau, Reynald Secher, Nicolas Delahaye, and Anne Bernet. However, Jean-Clément Martin later asked for his involvement to be withdrawn.

Filming began in March 2022, in and around the Parc du Puy du Fou.

The film's theatrical distribution is handled by Studiocanal, a member of the Vivendi group then owned by Vincent Bolloré, and by Saje. Saje produces films aimed at a Christian audience interested in “everything to do with faith”, in the tradition of American confessional cinema, in the words of Hubert de Torcy, CEO of Saje.

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