Film
A Survivor's Tale
2026 · 1h 42m · Drama · History
The fate of a woman forgotten by history
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Overview
1542, the year of Jacques Cartier's second mission to Canada. Pregnant by a man other than her future husband, the expedition's commander, the young Marguerite de la Rocque is abandoned on a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland with the man who raped her and his maid. She will remain there for two years, surviving hunger, cold, despair, and madness.
Cast
Salomé Dewaels
Marguerite de la Rocque
Louis Peres
Thomas d'Artois
Candice Bouchet
Damienne Latour
Alexandra Lamy
Marguerite de Navarre
Patrick Descamps
Jean-François de Roberval
Alexandre Gavras
Le Roi François 1er
Eddy Frogeais
Cardinal 2
Corentin Lobet
Le Second
Crew
- Micha WaldDirector · Screenplay
- Samuel MalhoureScreenplay
- Agnès CaffinScreenplay
- Anton Iffland StettnerProducer
- Eva KupermanProducer
- Eurydice GyselProducer
- Joachim PhilippeDirector of Photography
- Elie RabinovitchOriginal Music Composer
- Alain DessauvageEditor
- Coralie AmédéoCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 25, 2026
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, History
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