On the pale, sun-soaked island of Corsica in the summer of 1995, the teenage Lesia is plucked from her sheltered life and taken to a remote villa where her fugitive mob boss father, Pierre-Paul, is hiding out. Pierre Paul is a menacing figure, a near stranger to Lesia, and at first she feels trapped by the secrecy and danger that define his life. But when an assassination attempt sets a chain of bloody vendettas in motion, Lesia and Paul-Pierre are forced to go on the run together. As they flee, Lesia becomes closer than ever to her father, and as they wade together through the violent underworld in which he is entrenched, his devotion to revenge begins to rub off on her. “The Kingdom” is a story of blood: blood split, blood sought, and the blood which binds us.
Screenplay by Julien Colonna and Jeanne Herry.
Directed by Julien Colonna.
In Theaters Friday, May 30th
