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Synopsis

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce follows the final days of the Irish convict's life as he awaits execution. The year is 1824 and the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land is little more than a living hell. Chained to a wall in the darkness of a cell under Hobart Gaol, Pearce is visited by Father Connolly, the parish priest of the fledgling colony and a fellow Irishman. The film draws a visceral and compelling picture of a hell on earth and tells how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable.

Duration

58 mins

Credits

Director and writer: Michael James Rowland
Producer and writer: Nial Fulton

Key cast

Adrian Dunbar (Philip Conolly)
Ciaran McMenamin (Alexander Pearce)
Chris Haywood (Robert Knopwood)
Dan Wylie (Robert Greenhill)

Tasmanian cast

Peter Dowling (Bodenham)
Matthew Preston (Kennerly)
Tony Goodfellow (Dalton)
Carl Rush (Loggins)
Jack Aylward (Cox)

Tasmanian crew

Line Producer: Fiona McConaghy
Key Grip: Brendan Shanley
Unit Nurse: Rodney Drasfield

Screen Tasmania attachments

Camera attachment: Tom Waugh
Make Up attachment: Jessica Seen
Costume attachment: Jo Collins
Art Department attachment: Josh Llywellan
Sound attachment: Anna Hadrilova

Production Company

Essential Media & Entertainment

Contact

6a Nelson St
Annandale
Sydney
NSW 2038
Australia

Phone: +61 2 8568 3100
Fax: +61 2 9519 2326
Website: http://www.essential-media.com/