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.

GenreDrama
Executive ProducersStenola Productions
CoproductionKG Productions
SelectionsRencontre de la coproduction francophone (CANADA)
Berlinale Talents (GERMANY)
EAVE (EUROPE)
PartnersCreative 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, and Taxsheter.be
International salesPulsar Content
CastingSalomé Dewaels, Candice Bouchet, Louis Peres
2026
 
Feature film
     
Colors, 90 min.
     

Programme Europe Créative

Crew

DirectorMicha Wald
ScriptSamuel Malhoure, Agnès Caffin, Micha Wald
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