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5th INTERNATIONAL THRILLER FILM FESTIVAL

The Kingdom

Julien Colonna

Prix Claude-Chabrol

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…

Julien Colonna

After completing his Master’s degree in Social Sciences from Paris-IX Dauphine, Julien Colonna studied screenwriting and directed a number of shorts. One of these, Confession, shot in the Bangkok slums, was screened at more than twenty film festivals, receiving numerous awards. He directed several films across the world in collaboration with a variety of international talent, including Australian actor Hugh Jackman, artist C.J. Hendry, and photographer Luo Yang. His feature film directorial debut, The Kingdom, premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the César Award for Best First Film.

Crew

  • Director
    Julien Colonna
  • Production
    Hugo Sélignac & Antoine Lafon
  • Script
    Julien Colonna & Jeanne Herry
  • Cinematography
    Antoine Cormier
  • Editing
    Albertine Lastera & Yann Malcor
  • Music
    Audrey Ismaël

Cast

  • Ghjuvanna Benedetti
  • Saveriu Santucci
  • Anthony Morganti
  • Andrea Cossu
  • Frédéric Poggi
  • Régis Gomez
  • Éric Ettori
  • Thomas Bronzini

Information

  • Origin
    France
  • Year
    2024
  • Duration
    1h51
  • Language
    French & Corsican with French subtitles

Distribution

Ad Vitam

+33 1 55 28 97 00

films@advitamdistribution.com

www.advitamdistribution.com

The 2025 Claude Chabrol Prize is awarded to The Kingdom directed by Julien Colonna.

Created in 2011 after French director Claude Chabrol passed away, the Claude Chabrol Prize each year rewards a French film released in the past year whose cinematographic qualities honour the thriller genre, as a tribute to the man who was “President for life” of the Cognac Thriller Film Festival and then the one of Beaune when created in 2009.

Claude Chabrol

“Any thriller involves two dimensions. First of all a metaphysical willingness of some sort, then a form of humility. These two things almost make up a definition of what an artist is.”

Past Award Winners

  • GREEN TIDE

    by Pierre Jolivet – 2024

  • THE ORIGIN OF EVIL

    by Sébastien Marnier – 2023

  • BLACK BOX

    by Yann Gozlan – 2022

  • OH MERCY!

    by Arnaud Desplechin – 2020

  • CUSTODY

    by Xavier Legrand – 2019

  • BLOODY MILK

    by Hubert Charuel – 2018

  • DARK INCLUSION

    by Arthur Harari – 2017

  • HEAT WAVE

    by Raphaël Jacoulot – 2016

  • THE BLUE ROOM

    by Mathieu Amalric – 2015

  • FOXFIRE

    by Laurent Cantet – 2014

  • ARMED HANDS

    by Pierre Jolivet – 2013

  • ONE NIGHT

    by Lucas Belvaux – 2013

  • GUILTY

    by Vincent Garenq – 2012