The Kingdom

Original title: Le Royaume

Completed in: 2024

Synopsis:

Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes. Forced to go on the run, father and daughter will learn to face one another, to understand and love each other…

Director’s biography:

Julien Colonna is a screenwriter, director and photographer. He directed a number of shorts. One of these, Confession, was screened at more than twenty festivals, receiving numerous awards. Julien directed several films across the world in collaboration with a variety of international talent, including Hugh Jackman, C.J. Hendry, Luo Yang. His feature film Le Royaume written with Jeanne Herry and produced by Chi-Fou-Mi Productions will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, 2024, in Un Certain Regard.

Producer’s biography:

After collaborating with Marc Missonnier and Dimitri Rassam, Antoine Lafon joined Chi-Fou-Mi in 2021. In 2024 he produced Le Royaume alongside Hugo Selginac. Selected at Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes, the film was a critical and public success. Antoine Lafon is currently producing Nadav Lapid’s upcoming film Yes alongside Judith Lou Levy.

IP Holders: Goodfellas

Based in Paris, Goodfellas is a world-renowned independent film sales and production company. Characterized by its diverse editorial policy, the company offers a constantly renewed and always innovative slate of films from all over the world (director-driven, arthouse, genre or mainstream, features and documentaries) regularly honored at international festivals.