| 15 février 1839 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pierre Falardeau |
| Produced by | René Chenier Marc Daigle Bernadette Payeur |
| Written by | Pierre Falardeau |
| Starring | Luc Picard Sylvie Drapeau Frédéric Gilles Julien Poulin Denis Trudel |
| Music by | Jean St-Jacques |
| Cinematography | Alain Dostie |
| Editing by | Claude Palardy |
| Studio | Téléfilm Canada Cinépix Film |
| Distributed by | Christal Films |
| Release date(s) | January 16, 2001 |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $248,093[1] |
February 15, 1839 (original title: 15 février 1839) is a 2001 Quebec historical drama film. Directed by Pierre Falardeau, it is about the incarceration at the Pied-du-Courant Prison and the execution by hanging there of Patriote participants of the Lower Canada Rebellion. Those rebels sought to make Lower Canada, now Quebec, a republic independent from the British Empire.
It features as characters the historical figures François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, his wife Henriette and Charles Hindelang.
Pierre Falardeau said that Telefilm Canada approved Michel Brault's 1999 movie Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore as an excuse to initially deny funds for 15 février 1839. It released in the United States by Lionsgate on January 26, 2001.
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