• Producer(s):

    SYSTEM TV, ARTE FRANCE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2012

  • Language(s):

    German, English, Spanish, French, Polish

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

The fortifications were designed by Vauban, but the town was later abandoned by Richelieu in favour of neighbouring La Rochelle.

In the midst of the marshes in the Charente region, where migrating birds come to find refuge, rise the ramparts of a citadel called Brouage, once a flourishing port specialising in the salt trade, and today almost like a stranded vessel washed ashore from the waves…