FILM: 'Vaincre ou mourir' / 'Vanquish or Die': The True Story of the Vendée Uprising [2023]
Did you ever hear about the massacre of the Catholic peasants perpetrated by the French revolutionary soldiers with genocidal intent upon the Vendeans?
This historical fact was first publicly revealed in France amid controversy (of course!) only in the 1980s, thanks to the doctoral thesis work of Reynald Secher. His thesis was later turned into a book entitled, A French Genocide.
Do watch this movie about the Vendean uprising, based on François de Charette, the most well-known general in that military effort against the anti-Catholic, anti-monarchic, and plainly evil forces of the French Revolution.
It is the story of a man who became a hero not because he was born a saint, but because he was a Catholic. He found that in fighting for the Catholic Faith, the rest falls into place, and he became capable of even the ultimate victory—martyrdom—because the Revolution failed to corrupt his soul.
— From the Introduction on RemnantTV (see below).
Vanquish or Die: The True Story of the Vendée Uprising (An Independent Film)
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(Introduced by Michael Matt of Remnant TV):
This film tells a story from the French Revolution. The Revolution was a godless New Order born from the Enlightenment, which brutalized the established, Christian way of life with its deeply ironic motto: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”.
It was anything but. These three words bred a hatred and then outright persecution of Catholics, from its very own King and Queen, to the simple peasants in the countryside. The Revolution launched a reign of terror against Christians during which countless priests, nuns, and lay people were slaughtered, and the Revolution’s soldiers, marching through the country in “infernal columns”, scorched the earth where Catholic farmers raised crops, cattle, and families.
But in western France, the Vendee region, the Catholic peasants revolted. They formed their own armies and appointed their own generals. Of these generals, [François de Charette] was the most effective and well-known. He became the Revolution’s obsession, so successful were his tactics.
This film tells his story. It is the story of a man who became a hero not because he was born a saint, but because he was a Catholic. He found that in fighting for the Catholic Faith, the rest falls into place, and he became capable of even the ultimate victory—martyrdom—because the Revolution failed to corrupt his soul.
Please watch and share this video. Introduce your children to their new favorite hero. Spend an hour reminding your friends and family of the lengths to which men will go to stay Catholic and free.
*This film was released in France in 2023 by Puy du Fou. English subtitles were added by RTV to make the film accessible to the English-speaking world.
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