- February 15, 1839
"Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 May 15:"This article is about the Quebec film. For the date, see February 15 and1839 ."Infobox Film
name = 15 février 1839
starring =Luc Picard Sylvie Drapeau Frédéric Gilles Julien Poulin Denis Trudel
director =Pierre Falardeau
writer =Pierre Falardeau
producer = René Chenier
Marc Daigle
Bernadette Payeur
cinematography = Alain Dostie
editing = Claude Palardy
released = January 16, 2001
runtime = 120 minutes
language = French
music = Jean St-Jacques
imdb_id = 0237994"February 15, 1839" (Original title: "15 février 1839") is a
1999 Quebec historical drama film . Directed byPierre Falardeau , it is about the incarceration at thePied-du-Courant Prison and the execution byhanging there ofPatriote participants of theLower Canada Rebellion . Those rebels sought to makeLower Canada , nowQuebec , a republic independent from theBritish Empire .It features the characters of the historical figures
François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier , his wife Henriette andCharles Hindelang . Pierre Falardeau said thatTelefilm Canada approvedMichel Brault 's 1999 movie "Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore " as an excuse to initially deny funds for "15 février, 1839".Cast
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Luc Picard -François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier
*Sylvie Drapeau - Henriette De Lorimier
*Frédéric Gilles -Charles Hindelang
*Denis Trudel - Jacques Yelle
*Julien Poulin - Curé MarierSee also
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Patriote movement
*Quebec nationalism
*Quebec independence movement
*History of Quebec
*Timeline of Quebec history External links
*imdb title|id=0237994
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