Corsica

Vengeance for Sale

February 2002 •Japanese

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.

Capone

April 1975 •English

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.

In His Own Image

September 2024 •French

Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer for a local newspaper in Corsica. Her commitment, her friends, and her loves intertwine with the major political events of the island, from the 1980s to the dawn of the 21st century. It is the fresco of a generation.

The Mohican

February 2025 •French

Joseph is one of the last coastal shepherds in Corsica. His land is coveted by the underworld for a real estate project but he chooses not to give in. When he leaves the man who came to intimidate him, the godfather’s own son, between life and death, he becomes the prey of a merciless hunt.

Ash Wednesday

October 2002 •English

In early 1980s Manhattan, a pair of Irish-American brothers become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.

The Corsican Brothers

November 1941 •English

Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.

The Fabiani Affair

January 1962 •French

The tale of the famous vendetta, vengeance over the years between two families. For nearly nothing at the start, as always with Sicilians or Corsican people, from the underworld or not...

A Game for Eveline

January 1971 •Italian

A couple having marital problems goes on holiday around Corsica. At their vacation home they're haunted by disturbing ghostly visions of a young girl.

Johnny Cool

October 1963 •English

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

Santu Nicoli

January 1983 •French

Les Exilés

December 2015 •French

L'Honneur du Corse

March 1906 •French

A father shoots his son dead because, lured by the offer of a watch, he revealed to the police where his father had hidden smugglers who had come to ask for his hospitality.

L'homme de peine

January 1911 •French

Les Trois masques

January 1921 •French

The son of the wealthy Signor Della Corba loves one of his maids. Her brothers and father rebel at the idea of this union. But the girl is pregnant, and after the birth of the child, Della Corba's son decides to kidnap his mistress on Carnival Day. The brothers, having caught wind of the plan, kill him, then, in disguise, take him masked to his father's house, passing him off as a drunken friend. At dawn, Della Corba discovers her lifeless son under the mask. The maid having died in the meantime, he takes the child in and adopts him.

Il Trovatore - Verdi

January 1978 •Italian

The gypsy Azucena (Fiorenza Cossotto) takes revenge for her mother who was accused of putting a curse on one of the old Count di Luna's two sons: she decides to abduct the younger child and throw it in the flames. But when she is about to carry out this fatal act, the gypsy sacrifices her own child and keeps the old Count’s son, whom she names Manrico (IL TROVATORE, Plácido Domingo). Later, as adults, the troubadour Manrico and the Count di Luna’s elder son (Piero Cappucilli) do not know each other, but become rivals for the beautiful Leonora (Raina Kabaivanska). Manrico succeeds in winning the young woman’s heart, and she sacrifices herself for him, deceiving the Count’s son. Mad with jealousy, the latter orders the execution of the troubadour in front of his mother. Azucena reveals to him that Manrico was his brother. This legendary performance of Giuseppe Verdi's most successful opera was recorded at the Vienna State Opera under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.

The Bandits of Corsica

February 1953 •English

Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.

The Forgiveness of Blood

February 2011 •English

A seventeen-year-old boy and his younger sister’s dreams and aspirations are put on hold when their father is accused of murder.

The shelter

January 1931 •French

A young Corsican is obliged by a tradition of vendetta for his late father, to kill the uncle of a girl he loves, because that man was the murderer. His search for vengeance leads to being pursued by the police and a tragic fate.

Showdown of Men 3

September 1967 •Japanese

After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business.

Mermaids

October 2018 •French

In Corsica, four girlfriends share the last days of an endless summer. It's hot, too hot to do anything. While they share their secrets, Camille, the youngest of them, says she's pregnant.