‘Black Bread’ Director Agustí Villaronga Plumbs One of the Most Ghastly Shipwrecks in History
Black Bread” director Agustí Villaronga, is arguably the most ghastly shipwreck in the history of seafaring.On July 2, 1816 French frigate Méduse ran aground on the Bank of Arguin, off the coast of present-day Mauritania, with 400 passengers on board.147 men were forced onto a makeshift raft, only 66 feet by 23 feet, cut adrift on the open sea. A storm swept many overboard; others, rebellious, were shot by officers; as rations dwindled, some resorted to cannibalism.