Les Travailleurs de la mer

Adapted from Hugos eponym novel the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette the niece of a local shipowner Mess Lethierry When Lethierrys ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres a perilous reef Deruchette promises to marry whomever can salvage the ships steam engine Gilliatt eagerly volunteers and the story follows both his physical trials and tribulations