A Survivor's Tale
6.3
“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.
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Salomé Dewaels
Marguerite de la Rocque
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Louis Peres
Thomas d'Artois
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Candice Bouchet
Damienne Latour
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Alexandra Lamy
Marguerite de Navarre
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Patrick Descamps
Jean-François de Roberval
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The Country Doctor
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Alexandre Gavras
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Eddy Frogeais
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Agathe Koltès
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Micha Wald Director · Agnès Caffin Screenplay Samuel Malhoure Screenplay
First release November 9, 2025 · Produced in Belgium, France · Production KG Productions
Production
Stenola Productions
Production
KG Productions
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Belgium · France
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Original title
L'île de la demoiselle
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 9, 2025
Premiere
France · March 25, 2026
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