French
France
Corsica, 1995. Lesia is a teenager whose father is a central figure among the Corsican independence fighters. As a war breaks out, the noose tightens around her clan. This sets off a flight during which father and daughter will learn to see, understand, and love each other. When asked about the meaning of the title of his first feature film, Julien Colonna responds: "The Kingdom as a territory for which one fights—among people of the same nation or against others. The Kingdom because fathers are seen as kings by their children, before dying and being replaced. The imaginary Kingdom, that of memories, sensations, the one for which only we hold the keys..."