Corsican cinema takes off
Until recently, one could see a lot of Corsican crime in “metropolitan” French cinema. A way of saying that, seen from the “continent”, Corsica, its identity and its margins, were often treated as caricatures and clichés. A folklore that does not have much authenticity. But which fortunately began to be deconstructed with brilliance and beauty, in particular by the cinema of Thierry de Peretti (The Apaches, A violent life AND In his image). He confided in us on the occasion of the release of theIn his image to recognize that a true Corsican cinema was taking shape, to the extent that writers, narrators and directors of the island today use words and images to tell about themselves and to tell about Corsica through Corsica.
It is for this reason, in particular, that The Kingdom by Julien Colonna, a crime thriller coupled with the intimate chronicle of a father-daughter relationship, is attracting all the attention. Julien Colonna, whose first feature film is after the short Confession in 2015 and the production of six episodes of the series Glory in 2021, he is in fact the son of Jean-Jérôme Colonna, the Corsican “godfather” who died in 2006 in disturbing circumstances. With The Kingdom (trailer at the top of the article), which is heavily nourished by autobiographical material, we can therefore be certain that the director knows his subject.
Corsica, 1994. Lesia is living her first summer as a teenager. One day, a man breaks in and takes her on a motorbike to an isolated villa where she finds her father, hidden, surrounded by his men. A war breaks out in the community and the noose tightens around the clan. Death strikes. Then begins a race during which father and
A violent and graceful first film
In addition to being a Corsican film, about Corsica and made in Corsica, it turns out that it is exactly like that. The Kingdom It is an excellent film, very well received at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival where it was presented in the Un certain Regard section. At the same time dark and bright, violent and tender, it develops with remarkable balance a revenge and a legacya criminal journey and a physical as well as mental escape between a father and his daughter. These are the main characters of the film The KingdomThey are played by two non-professional actors, although they are perfect and incredibly charismatic in their performances.
This is how the young Ghjuvanna Benedetti interprets Lesia The KingdomPierre-Paul’s daughter, played by Saveriu Santucci. The former is a nursing school student and volunteer firefighter, the latter is a shepherd and mountain guide. And despite their inexperience on film sets, together they offer surprising performances, of remarkable accuracy and depth.
The Kingdom arrives at the cinema on November 13, 2024.
Source: Cine Serie
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