MANHATTAN (1609)

Some four centuries ago, Protestants from Belgium and the North of France, chased from their region by war and religion, left to build a new life in the New World. Upon their arrival, they purchased virgin lands from the Indians where they started a settlement, never imagining that one day it would become the most famous city in the world: New York. This film is about the pre-history of New York. It is above all that of Europe of the 17th century, ravaged by a terrible war of religion: men and women, fleeing an intolerant Old Continent, abandoning their trades, their families, and the vast maj... Číst dále