A Violent Life

A Violent Life

2017•1h 47m•6.0/10

DramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(46)

Despite the life threat hanging over his head, Stéphane decides to go back to Corsica for the funeral of Christophe, a childhood friend and companion in arms, murdered the day before. On this occasion, the chain of events which made him, the learned petit-bourgeois from Bastia, shift from delinquency to political radicalization and then to clandestinity, comes back to his mind.

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Production

Pyramide Productions, Les Films Velvet, ARTE France Cinéma, Stanley White, CNC, Collectivité Territoriale de la Corse, Canal+, OCS

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Jean Michelangeli

Jean Michelangeli

Stéphane

Henri-Noël Tabary

Henri-Noël Tabary

Christophe

Cédric Appietto

Cédric Appietto

Michel

Jean-Etienne Brat

Micka

Marie-Pierre Nouveau

Marie-Pierre Nouveau

Jeanne

Délia Sepulcre-Nativi

Raphaëlle

Dominique Colombani

François

Paul Garatte

Paul Garatte

Marc-Antoine

Anaïs Lechiara

Vanessa

Paul Rognoni

Maître Patrice Giudicelli

Jérémy Alberti

Jérémy Alberti

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