Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, The

Aroview: Potent docu-drama revealing the true story of the infamous Irish convict Alexander Pearce during the days leading up to his execution at the British penal colony of Van Diemen's land (Tasmania) where he reverted to cannibalism during an escape attempt with fellow convicts.

This brooding dramatisation does not shy away from the grisly details of Pearce's unbearable existence in the hellhole of convict-era Australia with his gruesome legacy providing the inspiration for musical SWEENEY TODD.

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