The Rebel, Louise Michel
MovieTitle | Louise Michel la rebelle |
User score | 5.8 |
Release date | Apr 7, 2010 |
Genre | Drama, History, TV Movie |
Director | Sólveig Anspach |
Production country | France, New Caledonia |
Production companies | Jem Productions, France 2, CNC, TV5 Monde |
Run time | 90 min. |
A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along with thousands of other revolutionaries, she is deported to New Caledonia, whilst, back in Paris, a young parliamentarian Georges Clemenceau campaigns for a truce with the Communards. During her exile, Louise Michel becomes a teacher and wins the admiration of the other deportees, inspiring them to rise up against the colonial order…