La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse (2015) [N/A]
Release Date:
March 19, 2015
Original Title:
La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse
Genres:
Documentary | History
Production Companies:
ARTE
Epsilon Productions
Grand Angle Productions
Les Anges Rebelles
TV5 Monde
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U
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.