There were stunning victories, miraculous really, and then, of course, the genocide began. Yes, but they had some amazing successes in the first few weeks and months, so much so that they were poised to march on Paris, and it was seriously considered. There were flare-ups for years afterward.īut the main resistance was crushed pretty quickly. And the fighting didn’t end some stubborn people continued fighting. The main conflict began January 21, 1793, the date of the execution of Louis XVI, and lasted to about July of the same year-really only about six months, but we refer in the movie to a much longer period. It was such a huge time period that it was difficult for me to narrow it down for a movie. Give a thumbnail sketch of that period in history. Why do we study the lives of the saints? Why do we study the martyrs? Because they are constant, ongoing inspirations for us. But I think there are real lessons for Catholics in terms of apologetics. I think as a Church we share in that victory. So it was a gripping tale, and that’s why I wanted to tell it. Yet what is the fruit of that? The blood of those martyrs waters the seeds of faith, and their victory was the restoration of their religious liberty, the reopening of those churches that had been closed by the government. And yes, the Vendée peasants were defeated miserably they were annihilated, martyred at every turn and just wiped off the face of the earth. Jim Morlino: When I first started telling people about the story, they said it didn’t sound like a story you’d really want to tell. Tim Ryland: Why did you pick this story as one worthy of spending all the time and effort on?
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