To watch on stream: Nicolas Cage as you’ve never seen him before

During the Second World War, Captain Antonio Corelli occupied the island of Kefalonia with his infantry unit. He will settle in the villa of Dr. Yannis and his daughter Pelagia. The latter is waiting for the return of her fiancé, a member of the Greek army. Perfectly suited to local life, Corel plans to settle down, why not with Pelagia, if he falls in love with her. But he was soon told of the impending withdrawal of troops…

Available on Paramount+, Captain Correll is adapted from the novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Signed by Louis de Bernier and which tells the story of the love triangle between Corelli, Pelagia and her fiance, the fisherman Mandra. It also offers several life stories from the Greek War of the 1940s and deals with the issue of homosexuality.

Nicolas Cage will leave the cinema, but what should he do?

Nicolas Cage stars as Corelli, Penelope Cruz as Pelagia, Christian Bale as Mandras and John Hurt as Dr. Yannis. The director was changed shortly before filming when Roger Michell, who had been approached and who had just signed the novel. Captain Corell He has a heart attack at first sight of his love in Notting Hill. He is being replaced by John Madden, who has just finished Love Shakespeare.

Behind the camera, Nicolas Cage practices perfecting his Italian accent and playing the mandolin and is involved in this project, which By his own admission at the time, “It’s a real change from anything I’ve done before.”

Commercially, however, the film was a dismal failure for Cage, who followed the success of 60 Seconds and the lesser-known Family Man, which also found its audience. It was followed by another war film, Windtalkers, then his first and only directorial film: Sony, both unsuccessful. Only in 2004, together with Benjamin Gates, the actor regained public favor.

If you’re looking for romance and more about the occupation of Greece during World War II – some of the facts in the film are accurate – Captain Correll is available on Paramount+.