A Survivor's Tale

2026 • 1h 42m • Drama, History

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The fate of a woman forgotten by history

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.

Director

Micha Wald

Writers

Samuel Malhoure, Agnès Caffin, Micha Wald

Status

Released