No other director in history has demonstrated his passion for cinema with such generosity Martin ScorseseThe person responsible for Taxi Driver He appears in countless tributes of all kinds dedicated to other filmmakers, and has directed two essential series on the subject, A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American cinema (1995) and My trip to Italy (1999). He also heads The Film Foundation, an institution dedicated to the preservation of cinematic heritage, which has already restored more than 900 titles from around the world. Scorsese has spoken extensively about the filmmakers he admires. But we were missing a series that explained why he is a key figure, not only in cinema, but also in contemporary culture.

About thirty emaciated men, some of whom can barely stand, arrive on a rickety boat to the southwestern coast of Brazil. The crew claim to be the only survivors of the Wager, a British warship that had left Portsmouth almost two years earlier with more than 250 officers and sailors. In 1742, almost a year after the ship went missing south of Chile, the reappearance of part of the expedition is considered a miracle.