FILM

ORIGINAL TITLE: “BRAVEHEART”

 YEAR: 1995
 DIRECTED BY: MEL GIBSON
 PRODUCED BY: MEL GIBSON
 STARRING: MEL GIBSON
 WRITTEN BY: RANDALL WALLACE
 PRODUCTION COMPANY: 20TH CENTURY FOX
 COUNTRY: UNITED STATES

NELSON VILCA HUAMANI

AFTER WILLIAM WALLACE’S FATHER AND BROTHER ARE KILLED IN BATTLE AGAINST
THE ENGLISHES, WALLACE IS SENT TO CONTINENTAL EUROPE TO BE EDUCATED. HE
RETURNS TO SCOTLAND AS AN ADULT AND MARRIES HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART,
MURRON, WHEN ENGLISH SOLDIERS TRY TO RAPE MURRON, WALLACE SAVES HER
BUT THE SOLDIERS MAKE A SECOND ATTEMPT AND SHE IS CAPTURED AND EXECUTED.
WALLACE THEN LEADS HIS CLAN IN SLAUGHTERING THE ENGLISH GARRISON, AND
HE CONTINUES TO FIGHT TO EXPEL THE ENGLISH FROM SCOTLAND, GAINING
INCREASING NUMBERS OF FOLLOWERS AS STORIES OF HIS EXPLOITS SPREAD. HE
LEADS HIS OUTNUMBERED RANKS TO VICTORY IN THE BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIDGE,
AND THEN HE INVADES ENGLAND AND SACKS THE TOWN OF YORK. ENGLISH
KING EDWARD LONGSHANKS SENDS PRINCESS ISABELLE (SOPHIE MARCEAU), HIS
SON’S WIFE, TO NEGOTIATE PEACE WITH WALLACE, BUT SHE IS CHARMED BY HIM
AND BECOMES HIS ALLY. SHE WARNS WALLACE OF AN IMPENDING ENGLISH
INVASION. WALLACE SEEKS THE SUPPORT OF THE SCOTTISH NOBILITY IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE ENGLISH, BUT THE NOBLES ARE RELUCTANT. ROBERT THE BRUCE IS
PARTICULARLY TORN. THE SCOTTISH FIGHTERS ARE CRUSHED BY AN ARMY LED BY
KING EDWARD IN THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK AFTER MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH NOBILITY
BETRAY WALLACE. WALLACE TRIES TO KILL EDWARD HIMSELF BUT IS INTERCEPTED BY
A LANCER, WHO PROVES TO BE ROBERT THE BRUCE. ROBERT THEN SAVES WALLACE
FROM BEING CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH. WALLACE SPENDS THE NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS ENGAGED IN GUERRILLA WARFARE AGAINST THE ENGLISH. HE LATER AGREES
TO MEET WITH ROBERT IN EDINBURGH, BUT ROBERT THE ELDER AND OTHER NOBLES
SET A TRAP AND CAPTURE WALLACE. DURING HIS LONG AND AGONIZING
EXECUTION, WALLACE REFUSES TO SUBMIT TO GAIN MERCY AND INSTEAD DEFIANTLY
CRIES OUT, “FREEDOM!” IN AN EPILOGUE, ROBERT THE BRUCE LEADS THE SCOTTISH
TO VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH IN THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN.
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