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Sep 1, 2018 · With this richly intelligent, passionate movie, Mike Leigh has fought a brilliant rearguard action on history’s political battlefield. Peterloo opens in the UK on 2 November and in the US on 9...
Apr 5, 2019 · In St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, in 1819, an assembly of protesters urging parliamentary reform and workers’ rights was set upon by the British cavalry, who killed 18 and wounded nearly 1,000. The massacre, which came to be called Peterloo, can be seen as a foundational milestone of class struggle not just in England but all of ...
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Nov 1, 2018 · Mainly, the real triumph of Peterloo is that Leigh spends the bare minimum time necessary with the antagonistic higher classes in positions of power, giving us the required context but never letting them become the defining voices in the story.
Peterloo review – Mike Leigh’s impassioned, epic history lesson. Leigh’s account of the 1819 Manchester massacre shows the film-maker’s command of a broader canvas than he’s known for. Wendy Ide....
Apr 5, 2019 · 2018. PG-13. 2h 34m. IMDb RATING. 6.5 /10. 5.5K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 1:09. 10 Videos. 88 Photos. Drama History. The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. Director. Mike Leigh. Writer. Mike Leigh. Stars. Rory Kinnear. Maxine Peake. Neil Bell.
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Sep 6, 2018 · Peterloo is purest Mike Leigh in the best sense: class-conscious, beautifully acted and filmed and a call for social change. It is also, despite that kinetic battle scene, a film of ideas and...
Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, written and directed by Mike Leigh, based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
