A Survivor's Tale

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

Cast: Salomé Dewaels, Louis Peres, Candice Bouchet, Alexandra Lamy, Patrick Descamps, Alexandre Gavras, Eddy Frogeais, Corentin Lobet

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