The Isle of the Demoiselle
Micha Wald
1542, third mission of Jacques Cartier to Canada.
Pregnant by a man other than her future husband, commander of the expedition, young Marguerite de la Rocque is abandoned on a desert island off the coast of Newfoundland with the man who raped her and his attendant.
She stayed there for two years, surviving hunger, cold, despair and madness.
This film is inspired by a true story.
| Genre | Drama |
| Executive Producers | Stenola Productions |
| Coproduction | KG Productions, CZAR TV |
| Selections | Rencontre de la coproduction francophone (CANADA), Berlinale Talents (GERMANY), EAVE (EUROPE) |
| Partners | Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, le Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, The cinema and audiovisual center of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), la RTBF, Proximus, Be tv, Canal +, Ciné +, Région Bretagne, Taxsheter.be and SG Image 2023 |
| Distribution | The Joker |
| International sales | Pulsar Content |
| Casting | Salomé Dewaels, Candice Bouchet, Louis Peres |
2026
Feature film
Colors, 90 min.
Crew
| Director | Micha Wald |
| Script | Samuel Malhoure, Agnès Caffin, Micha Wald |
| Director of Photography | Joachim Philippe |
| 1st Assistant Director | Matthias Morard |
| Script Supervisor | Salomé Bellemans |
| Set Design | Helena Cisterne |
| Sound Engineer | Jan Deca |
| Editing | Alain Desauvage |
| Sound Design | Alex Goosse |
| Costumes | Tzigane De Braconier |
| Producers | Anton Iffland Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Alexandre Gavras, Eurydice Gysel |
| Production Director | Gladys Brookfield-Hampson |
| Post-production Director | Olan Bowland |
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