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BRAVEHEART

The plot of the film (spoiler's alert)

The films starts like this: Edward I of England , nicknamed Longshanks

(" leggy ") , occupies a large part of Southern Scotland . His oppression leads to the deaths of the father and brother of the young William Wallace.

Years later, after Wallace has been raised abroad by his uncle, Scotland continues to live under the cruel laws of Edward I . Wallace returns with the intention of living as a farmer and avoiding any involvement in the unrest in the country.

He finds his friend and childhood sweetheart Murron MacClannough, to which he shows a thistle, carefully preserved, she had given him when they were children . The two young people marry in secret to avoid the decree of the king “primae noctis”. Later, when an English soldier bullies Murron and tries to rape her, Wallace rescues her . He helps her to ride away. But she is finally captured, and the sheriff cuts her throat in public, proclaiming "an attack against the soldiers of the king is like an attack against the king himself ." In retaliation, Wallace and villagers massacre the English garrison and Wallace cuts the throat of the sheriff on the place where he has killed Murron and with the same dagger. So begins the quest of Wallace for the independence of Scotland.

When Edward I hears the news of the rebellion of Wallace, he supports his son, also named Edward , to marry Isabella of France but the son doesn't care about her because he is homosexual.

Meanwhile, Wallace and his troops multiply the strikes and new forces join him as his fame grows more and more . Wallace inflicts a crushing defeat to the English army at the Battle of Stirling . He then sacks the city of York.

Wallace is also seeking the support of Robert Bruce , a solid pretender to the throne of Scotland, but this one, despite his admiration for Wallace, is heavily influenced by his father, who urges him to support Wallace officially while secretly remaining close to the English king.
Edward I sends Princess Isabella to negotiate peace with Wallace. He refuses the gold that is offered in exchange for his submission and makes ​​a strong impression on Isabella , who was expecting to meet a barbaric blood-thirsty peasant and not a well-read and grown man . She tells him that Edward is preparing a surprise attack against Wallace , Isabella warns him of the danger and sleeps with him.

Wallace tries to unite the Scottish nobles against the English, but on the battlefield of Falkirk, he is betrayed by the nobles Mornay and Lochlan . The Scots are defeated and Wallace discovers that Robert Bruce was in the English staff. However, he refuses to kill him and Bruce, seized with remorse, allows him to escape capture. Wallace then kills Lochlan and Mornay in retaliation and now leads a guerilla against the English.

Robert Bruce is now eager to join forces with Wallace , but at a meeting held between the two, the father of Bruce and other Scottish nobles betray them. Wallace is captured and delivered to the English while Bruce disowns his father. Wallace is taken to London and is sentenced to death for treason.

Edward I is now seriously ill. Isabella comes to prison to see Wallace, offers him poison to escape the torture, but he refuses. Isabella tells the king, now unable to speak, that the child she is expecting is Wallace's and promises to put an end to his lineage.

Wallace suffers a terrible public torture but refuses to implore the grace of the king. Instead of yelling " Mercy " to put an end to his torment , he screams "Freedom" and he is then beheaded.
Years later, Robert Bruce refuses to submit to an English army, and invoking the memory of Wallace, he leads the Scots to victory at the Battle of Bannockburn , ensuring the independence of Scotland.

Filming information

While filming, the team spent six weeks in Scotland. However, the main battle scenes were filmed in Ireland, with the participation of reserve members of the Irish army. On this occasion, they were granted the right to exceptionally grow a beard. To underestimated costs, Mel Gibson used the same extras to play soldiers on both sides. The number rose to 1,600 extras for some scenes.
Box Office

Braveheart reported a total of $ 210,409,945 at the worldwide box office (including $ 75,609,945 in the USA only) , ranking thirteenth-largest film hit in 1995. In France , he realized 1,231,534 entries. He is currently the 456th most successful film in the history of cinema

End of Life of the real hero

William Wallace had to relinquish his title of guardian of the kingdom between July and December 1298. After leaving the country for 6 years , William Wallace returned to Scotland where he resumed his life as an outlaw. He was captured near Glasgow in 1305 by the men of Sir John Menteith, the keeper of Dumbarton Castle, who, like most Scottish nobles, had made his submission to the king of England.
William Wallace was transferred to London on the 22^nd of August 1305 and was sentenced to death for high treason against his sovereign. On Monday, August 23^rd , 1305 he was taken in procession on a horse to Westminster Hall and executed ( Hanged , drawn and quartered ) at the age of 33 years old. William Wallace was put to death in atrocious conditions reserved for traitors, dragged by horses through the several miles from Westminster to the Tower of London and thence to Algate half hanged, drawn and set fire to his womb . He was finally beheaded, then cut into pieces.
But instead of destroying the spirit of liberty among the Scots , the execution quickened the Scottish nationalist sentiment, and other men prepared to fight against England, especially Robert the Bruce . In 1314 , the Scots , under the command of Robert the Bruce, who was joined by nobles and proclaimed King of Scotland , defeated the English army at the Battle of Bannockburn , and ensured at the end of the war, the Scottish independence in 1328 .

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