The Kingdom

2024 1h 51m FR

👍

7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 104

CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

Spoiler shield

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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

WhatsApp X Facebook Telegram

Where to watch · US

PhiloSubscription

AMC Plus Apple TV channelSubscription

AMC+ Roku Premium ChannelSubscription

Cast

Ghjuvanna Benedetti
Lesia
Saveriu Santucci
Pierre-Paul
Anthony Morganti
Ste
Andrea Cossu
Santu
Thomas Bronzini de Caraffa
Joseph
Pascale Mariani
Louise
Toussaint Martinetti
Fred
Eric Ettori
Jeannot

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Julien Colonna
Writers: Julien Colonna, Jeanne Herry
Languages: French
Countries: France

Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.

Did you know?

Fun facts 🍿

1 / 5

ERA

Did you know

Released 2 years ago.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 5

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Directed by Julien Colonna, shot by Antoine Cormier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 5

ERA

Did you know

Editor Albertine Lastera shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 5

CAST

Did you know

Ghjuvanna Benedetti and Saveriu Santucci and Anthony Morganti carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 5

WILD

Did you know

IMDB entry: tt32086032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Julien Colonna directs. Antoine Cormier behind the camera. Albertine Lastera cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2Directed by Julien Colonna, shot by Antoine Cormier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Albertine Lastera shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Ghjuvanna Benedetti and Saveriu Santucci and Anthony Morganti carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt32086032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Antoine Cormier
Editing: Albertine Lastera
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Status: Released
Box office: $1,019,507
Original language: FR
IMDB: The Kingdom (2024)

Awards

Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation

Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.

Also by

Julien Colonna

Confession
2015

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-10-12
★ 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.

Production companies