A Survivor's Tale (2026)
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.
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Salomé Dewaels as Marguerite de la Rocque |
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Louis Peres as Thomas d'Artois |
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Candice Bouchet as Damienne Latour |
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Alexandra Lamy as Marguerite de Navarre |
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Patrick Descamps as Jean-François de Roberval |
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Alexandre Gavras as Le Roi François 1er |
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Eddy Frogeais as Cardinal 2 |
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Corentin Lobet as Le Second |
| Directing | Micha Wald | Director |
| Writing | Samuel Malhoure | Screenplay |
| Writing | Agnès Caffin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Micha Wald | Screenplay |
| Production | Coralie Amédéo | Casting |
| Production | Alexandre Gavras | Co-Producer |
| Production | Anton Iffland Stettner | Producer |
| Production | Eva Kuperman | Producer |
| Sound | Rebecca Delannet | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Astrid Gomez-Montoya | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Héléna Cisterne | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Schonker | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tzigane de Braconier | Costume Design |
| Editing | Alain Dessauvage | Editor |
| Camera | Joachim Philippe | Director of Photography |
| Production | Martha Le Nost | Casting |
| Production | Catherine Graindorge | Casting |
| Sound | Elie Rabinovitch | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Eurydice Gysel | Producer |
| Production | Philippe Logie | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Elias Vervecken | Sound |