Peterloo
- 2018
- UK
- 2h 34min
- Directed by: Mike Leigh
- Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell
Historical drama depicting the 1819 massacre at St Peter’s Field in Manchester and its background. Leigh crafts an ensemble story on a far greater canvas than he’s ever attempted before, and shows he can handle big-scale action; while it struggles at times to gel, the quieter moments really linger. Passionate and finely-crafted.
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2018 | 154 mins | Dir: Mike Leigh | Cast includes: Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear | Cert: 12A
Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819, where government-backed cavalry charged into a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered in Manchester, England to demand democratic reform.
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Peterloo
17 Oct 2018
LFF 2018: Mike Leigh offers his own take on the epic, with this dramatisation of the eponymous massacre
Mike Leigh's latest film arrives painted on a far greater canvas than he's previously attempted in his illustrious career. While you can still expect the intimate domestic exchanges and exquisite detail that he is known for, the backdrop is a real…
Mike Leigh urges UK schools to teach about Peterloo massacre
16 Aug 2018
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Mike Leigh thinks all schoolchildren in the UK should be taught about the Peterloo massacre. The 75-year-old filmmaker - who has directed a new movie about the little-known Manchester atrocity in 1819 - has argued that young people ought to be taught…
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