Barkskins - Aus hartem Holz
(2020)
Regisseur:
Elwood ReidSchauspieler:
David Thewlis, Aneurin Barnard, Thomas M. Wright, Tiio Horn, Zahn McClarnon, Tallulah Rose Haddon, Lily Sullivan, David Wilmot, Marcia Gay Harden, Christian Cooke, James BloorDie Miniserie über die Waldabholzung in Nordamerika wird durch die Geschichten der beiden Einwanderer René Sel und Charles Duquet erzählt. In der Kolonialära kamen sie nach „Neufrankreich“, die französischen Kolonien in der neuen Welt. Die Serie umfasst einen Handlungszeitraum von 300 Jahren.
Barkskins is set in Wobik, a small settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec. As the Catholic Church sends Jesuit priests to convert the indigenous people, France sends indentured servants to populate its territory, along with "Filles Du Roi" ("Daughters of the King"), young women to be matched with husbands, start families, and help the colonies prosper. This disparate group of outcasts, rogues, and innocents must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: 1690s New France.
Barkskins is set in Wobik, a small settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec. As the Catholic Church sends Jesuit priests to convert the indigenous people, France sends indentured servants to populate its territory, along with "Filles Du Roi" ("Daughters of the King"), young women to be matched with husbands, start families, and help the colonies prosper. This disparate group of outcasts, rogues, and innocents must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: 1690s New France.
