La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse
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On July 5, 1816, the raft of La Méduse, about 20 by 12 meters, began its slow drift. They left at 151 and 13 days later, after a hellish journey, arrived at 15... Who knows the true story of Le Radeau de La Méduse? Painted in 1819, Théodore Géricault's romantic masterpiece became so famous that it has since overshadowed the true story that inspired it. In June 1816, during the Restoration under Louix XVIII, a French ship, the Méduse, left the port of Rochefort bound for Senegal. Its crew, made up of the new governor Schamaltz, company officials, troops and the expeditionary corps, had to settle in this former colony restored to France by England. In all, some 400 passengers. But due to the unpredictable cartography of the time and the short-sightedness of its commander, La Méduse ran aground on a sandbank off the coast of Mauritania.
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Nathan Gabily
Théodore Géricault, le peintre (1791-1824)
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Antoine Monier
Jean-Baptiste Savigny
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Damien Henno
Alexandre Corréard
Didier Poulain
Touche-Lavilette
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Cœur océan
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Philippe Mathieu
Self - Historien et administrateur du Musée de la Marine, Rochefort
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Banlieue Sud-Est
Martine Acerra
Self - Historienne de l'Histoire maritime du XiXème, CNRS
Bruno Chénique
Self - Dr. en histoire de l'art, auteur d'ouvrages sur Géricault
Denis Roland
Self - Musée national de la Marine-école de médecine, Rochefort
Alain Morgat
Self - Conservateur en chef du patrimoine, Rochefort
François Bellec
Self - Contre-Amiral Marine nationale et écrivain
Luc-Christophe Guillerm
Self - Médecin psychiatre
Steven Callahan
Self - Expert en survie maritime (USA)
Herlé Jouon Director · Stéphane Peyrot Composer Didier Maertens Editor
First release March 19, 2015 · Produced in France · Production ARTE, TV5 Monde
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Grand Angle Productions
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ARTE
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TV5 Monde
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Epsilon Productions
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Les Anges Rebelles
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France
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French
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French
Release dates
Canada · March 19, 2015
Premiere · Montréal Artfifa festival
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 21, 2015 · TV · Arte
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