Metrograph Pictures has released a trailer for director Julien Colonna’s French family crime drama The Kingdom.
Set on the island of Corsica in 1995, the film follows teenager Lesia as she is taken to a remote villa by the menacing stranger to reunite with her fugitive mob boss father, but after an assassination attempt sets off a violent chain of events, she is forced to go on the run with her dad, which leads to the pair forging a strong bond.
The film stars Ghjuvanna Benedetti, Saveriu Santucci, Anthony Morganti, Andrea Cossu, Frederic Poggi, Régis Gomez, and Eric Ettori. Watch the trailer below…
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 which defines 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 with her father, and as they wade together through the violent underworld which he is entrenched in, 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.
The Kingdom arrives in cinemas on May 30th.
