History Film / VaincreOuMourir

In the rural area of Vendée, the populations initially welcomed the changes of the Revolution between 1789 and 1792. By 1793 however, the execution of King UsefulNotes/LouisXVI, the War of the First Coalition and the Civil Constitution of the Clergy have changed everything, with people starting to resist the draft in the Republic's armies, and a royalist and Catholic insurgency, the "Catholic and Royal Army", is born.

The film is about the era of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution known as the [[https://www.britannica.com/event/Wars-of-the-Vendee Wars in Vendée]], following the royalist insurgency leader and nobleman François Athanase Charette de La Contrie, better known as simply "Charette".

The film is about the era of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution known as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_the_Vend%C3%A9e War in Vendée]], following the royalist insurgency leader and nobleman François Athanase Charette de La Contrie, better known as simply "Charette".

* {{Conscription}}: The start of the insurgency happens when people in Vendée refuse to enlist in the Republic's armies to go fighting (wicth a high chance of dying) against the forces of [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic Austria]] and UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}. The conscription is felt as too much for them after the Republic has already reduced the power of the Catholic Church in the country and beheaded their King, UsefulNotes/LouisXVI. Cue TorchesAndPitchforks.

* AuthorTract: The Puy du Fou theme park (which produced the film) is all about a certain vision of history that doesn't always match how the field is academically or politically treated in France since it was founded by politician Philippe de Villiers, who's an important figure among traditionalist Catholics, reactionaries, royalists and the like (and himself wrote a book about Charette). Long story short, they ''really'' don't like the revolutionary side of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution and how it shaped the nation (or at least how it abolished monarchy in France altogether, be it constitutional or divine right). The film certainly aims at highlighting the ReignOfTerror as a [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized central component of the Revolution]] (and the biggest stain on French republicanism) and treats its protagonist as a heroic figure fighting for a noble and lost cause till the end.

* CementShoes: There are scenes depicting the drownings at Nantes, in which thousands of people were drowned in the Loire river on the orders of Jean-Baptiste Carrier (who called the river "The National Bathtub") for being "traitors" to the Republic or simply not being zealous enough towards it. People are seen being tied to weights and thrown in the river.

* AuthorTract: The Puy du Fou theme park (which produced the film) is all about a certain vision of history that doesn't always match how the field is academically or politically treated in France since it was founded by politician Philippe de Villiers, who has ties to traditionalist Catholics, reactionaries, royalists and the like (and wrote a book about Charette). Long story short, they ''really'' don't like the revolutionary side of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution and how it shaped the nation (or at least how it abolished monarchy in France altogether, be it constitutional or divine right). The film certainly aims at highlighting the ReignOfTerror as a [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized central component of the Revolution]] (and the biggest stain on French republicanism) and treats its protagonist as a heroic figure fighting for a noble and lost cause till the end.

* {{Conscription}}: The start of the insurgency happens when people in Vendée refuse to enlist in the Republic's armies to go fighting (and probably dying) against the forces of UsefulNotes/AllTheLittleGermanies and UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}}. The conscription is felt as too much for them after the Republic has already reduced the power of the Catholic Church in the country and beheaded their King, UsefulNotes/LouisXVI. Cue TorchesAndPitchforks.

The film is about the era of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution known as the Wars in Vendée, following the royalist insurgency leader and nobleman François Athanase Charette de La Contrie, better known as simply "Charette".

* AuthorTract: The Puy du Fou theme park (which produced the film) is all about a certain vision of history that doesn't always match how the field is academically or politically treated in France since it was founded by politician Philippe de Villiers, who has ties to traditionalist Catholics, reactionaries, royalists and the like (and wrote a book about Charette). Long story short, they ''really'' don't like the revolutionary side of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution and how it shaped the nation (or at least how it abolished monarchy in France altogether, be it constitutional or divine right). The film certainly aims at highlighting the ReignOfTerror as a [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized major component of the Revolution]] (and the biggest stain on French republicanism) as a whole and treats its protagonist as a heroic figure fighting for a noble and lost cause till the end.