The Kingdom

The Kingdom

12/10/2024 1h 51m 7.1/10

Overview

Lesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding. A war erupts, leading to death and a chase where father and daughter bond.

Director

Julien Colonna

Top Billed Cast

Andrea Cossu

Andrea Cossu

Santu

Pascale Mariani

Pascale Mariani

Louise

Ghjuvanna Benedetti

Ghjuvanna Benedetti

Lesia

Thomas Bronzini de Caraffa

Thomas Bronzini de Caraffa

Joseph

Anthony Morganti

Anthony Morganti

Ste

Saveriu Santucci

Saveriu Santucci

Pierre-Paul

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

10/12/2025

7/10

It’s not often that you get a plausible gangster movie told from the perspective of a fifteen year old girl, but here Ghjuvanna Benedetti delivers a really personable performance as the young “Lesia”. She lives on Corsica with her aunt, has a boyfriend and leads a fairly normal teenager’s life. That is, until she is summoned to meet her dad in a luxury villa. Once she arrives, it becomes clear that she and “Pierre-Paul” (Saveriu Santucci) are fairly close and that much of their distance in their relationship is necessitated by the fact that he is the local “Don”. Along with a few loyal family retainers whom she has known since ever she could remember, she soon finds herself embroiled in an all-out turf war that she chooses to remain and help out with rather than flee to safety elsewhere. With the bullets flying, their home is soon no longer much of a sanctuary and they must resort to their more innate survival skills - and “Lesia” is no slouch when it comes to defence becoming offence! The vast majority of the cast here are not professional actors and that lends a legitimacy to the whole look of the film as the vendetta takes shape and the violence escalates testing both the emotional and physical prowess of both father and daughter. Against a backdrop of this beautiful mountainous island, there is a welcome paucity of dialogue that works well as it allows us to immerse ourselves more in the powerful visuals depicting family loyalty, trust and inter-reliance - even starting at a relatively young age. As coming of age films go, this takes an unique approach and there’s a solid chemistry between the two leads that I felt cemented this quite gripping thriller for the best part of two hours.

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