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THE KINGDOM

Yes, that's good.

Gently, gently...

There you go.

Perfect.

Come on!

Bless us, O Lord,

bless this meal,

those who prepared it,

fill our hungry souls,

and give all our brothers something to eat.

Well done, Son.

Help yourself, sweetie.

What are you doing?

Go for it!

Go on!

Basta.

But yesterday you said yes...

I'm hot.

Fuck, you idiot!

- Aw, come on! - See that?

Hi, Uncle.

So?

Small, but splendid.

Boys, basta with the games!

I saw you last night with a guy.

- Nonsense. - What guy?

I don't know, it was too dark to see.

Come on, tell us!

Here, two more.

We'll eventually find out who it is.

Did you see that?

Stop it!

Look!

I'll get the cookies, Auntie.

- You working this afternoon? - Yeah, until 3.

Let's meet at the beach?

Is that all?

Romain!

The boy is crazy.

Lesia, help me drop off the tomatoes at Jo's, please.

Not now, Auntie, it's hot! After the beach.

They'll suffer in the car in this heat.

Come on, it'll take two minutes!

Why does no one tell me anything?

- I can't always... - Why does no one ever ask me?

Because it isn't up to little girls!

Things are complicated enough, Lesia.

Get out!

- How is your grandmother? - She's fine.

And tell him to call me please.

OK?

You've grown up!

- What did you put in it? - Everything you need.

Don't worry sweetie. Come here...

See you in a few days, OK?

All right.

Remember how to hold on?

And don't drive like a maniac!

Well, well...

Oh my little one...

How long will I be staying here?

I don't know...

A few days.

How long have you been in this house?

A few days.

How about going fishing just the two of us tomorrow morning?

If you like.

I'll wake you up at 6.

Is 6 all right?

Can I call someone from the phone?

No, honey.

You know that.

Who did you want to call at this hour?

Let's get to bed?

Good night.

Look who's here!

Godfather!

Come here. Give me a kiss.

How are you, dear? I didn't know you were here.

Stop growing!

You good, sweetie?

Let me get a look at you. So beautiful!

Incredible! More like your poor mother each day.

Jean will be jealous when he hears I saw you!

- How is he? - Fine.

He's in the village with Celia. They'll come back this week.

You know what we'll do? Spend a day at sea all together.

All together...

like last year.

How about it?

It's them.

Where's Dad?

We were supposed to go fishing.

He went out, he won't be long.

What's going on?

Would you mind getting me some cigarettes?

It's down the road to the right.

Walk 10 minutes, you'll see it.

Here.

Buy three cartons of Philip Morris Browns.

Buy what you want with the rest. Thanks.

Hello?

Yes, hello. I'd like to speak to Fabien please.

He's at work. Can I take a message?

No, thank you. I'll call back.

...in shock after a car exploded,

nearly killing socialist candidate Philippe Padovani.

The island's political class

have expressed their support all morning,

unanimously condemning this "violent and barbaric act".

Reported by Diane Paoli and Jerome Mattei.

Thanks.

The car bomb explosion, which injured four people,

occurred shortly before 10pm in downtown Ajaccio.

The target of this attack was Philippe Padovani.

The regional president of Corsica

and his advisor miraculously escaped unharmed.

They were walking toward their car...

Two steps further and you'd be gone.

He would be too.

Lesia...

Wake up, honey.

Come on, just raise your head and your body will follow.

What are you afraid of? Little animals don't eat bigger ones.

I prefer big animals.

Whose boat is this?

Go on, cast your line.

Don't let the leader drag along the rocks.

So, tell me...

How was the end of the school year?

It was fine.

Auntie told me you got good grades.

I was third best.

That's great!

What are your favorite subjects?

Still the same.

History-geography, French, P.E.

And science?

Not really.

I didn't like it either.

- Lift your leader a bit. - It's up.

And you? Where were you these last months?

I moved around a bit.

Where?

You never tell me.

Lesia, watch your leader!

Will the others stay with us all week?

Probably, yes.

Because of your friend's car explosion?

You caught one!

I thought of you the other day.

A tourist was catching fish with a bowl.

A bowl?

He put a rag over a clear bowl, held in place by an inner tube,

made a small hole for the fish to get in,

put some flour on top,

and two minutes later, he had a sargo and two mullets!

With a bowl and some flour in the shallows?

Come on...

What? You don't believe me?

Dad, I saw him!

I'm not saying you're lying,

just that you've been had by tourists.

His pal filled the bowl with fish under the water.

- No big deal. - He did it 10 times!

You're telling me he put fish in there 10 times?

He used the same fish.

Look, I told you three times to reel in your line.

Now your leader is caught in the rocks.

Did I tell you or not?

Give it here!

What are you doing?

Breaking it.

It's only a leader, but I told you three times to reel it in.

Instead of telling me your bowl bullshit!

Listen when I talk, girl.

Go on, take a new one.

Now I'm fed up. I knew it, I told you.

Where are you going?

To see someone.

- Everyone's going? - Yeah.

What about me?

You watch the house.

We won't be long.

Just two or three hours.

Hello?

Hello, I'd like to speak to Fabien.

I'll put him on.

Fabien!

Fabien!

I'm sorry, I thought he was home, but he must've left.

Would you like to...

Yes, hello?

Auntie?

Lesia? What's wrong?

Nothing, I was just calling to see how things were going.

Where are you calling from?

From a phone booth.

- Is everything all right, sweetie? - Fine.

Thomas, basta! Get out of here, go get dressed!

What's Thomas doing?

Running around naked

and Marie-Michelle will be here with the kids in a few.

Sweetie, I have to go. He's driving me crazy!

Anything you wanted to say?

Hello?

Auntie, can't you come get me?

- Lesia, please... - I want to come home!

Stop that.

Stop it right now, because I can't pick you up.

And even if I could, I wouldn't.

It's important for you to be there.

You won't be there long, so have fun while you can.

But I'm not having fun!

Lesia, do you know what it takes to make this possible?

And you're throwing a tantrum?

Make an effort. It'll be fine.

CAR BOMB AIMED AT PADOVANI

'"One target can hide another',

"inferred certain sources

"regarding the close relationship between Socialist President Padovani

"and his lifelong friend, the mysterious clan leader

"Pierre-Paul Savelli.

"Wanted by the authorities since March 1991,

"the latter may in fact have been the real target of this attack,

"to weaken his political influence on the Corsican mob.

"At a time when certain territories are still coveted,

"such an event could be the start

"of a new bloody chapter on the island."

What are you doing, honey?

Go back to bed.

Your daughter is 20

How time flies

Only yesterday

She was so young

And her first torments

Are your first wrinkles, Madame

And your first worries

We thought she was pretty

And now she's beautiful

For someone almost as young as she

A boy who looks like the one for whom

Madame

You had embellished!

See you this weekend.

It's barely 9, and it's already sweltering!

Want coffee, Godfather?

Sure.

I spoke to Jean and Celia.

- They'll come from the village tomorrow. - Here?

No, not here. But we'll spend a day on the boat this weekend.

All right!

I'll prepare a picnic, take the skis, the towed floatie,

and we'll go full speed. The last one to fall wins!

You're sure to be the first to fall in!

Yeah, right! We'll see.

- Is that for me? - I'll take it over to you.

Thanks, sweetie.

You're not used to it? Come on, Ghajsè!

Thank you.

It's a good investment. The land is beautiful.

Here, the license plate numbers.

Make one set of each.

And this?

His nephew's resume.

Have Michel find a job for him.

So?

Nothing?

Not from what the cops tell him. No one's listening in.

No one's moving, it's very quiet.

- You trust him? - I don't trust anyone.

And Marchini? The Buresis?

The Buresis' business is successful, nobody bothers them.

Same for Marchini.

He got hold of the commercial port, the ferries,

he's never seen so much cash.

He's too busy counting his pennies to start a war today.

And the nationalists?

No.

They have enough going on amongst themselves.

And if it were them,

the car would've exploded at the right moment

and Pado would be dead.

It's not normal.

What?

This car bomb.

You've got to really want to set up such a complicated strike.

Pado's an easy target.

If you want to kill him, just put a bullet in his head.

Who could afford to do that today?

Logistically speaking...

Marchini and the Buresis might.

It's possible.

But Pierre-Paul is right, why the car bomb?

How would I know?

To cover their tracks!

That would mean they've changed,

that they've gotten smart.

No...

People don't change.

This car...

is the beginning of something.

It's a total break.

Will you go to the bar?

Test the waters in town. Hang around a bit.

Gather information and make sure to be seen.

Let's go.

Where were you, dear?

I stayed on the beach for a bit.

The water was nice, you should've come.

You're right.

What are we going to eat tonight?

- Should we order pizza? - If you want.

Or there's yesterday's fish.

That's right.

We could make soup, if you like.

You know how to?

Is there anything for me? All right, hand it over.

- Well, how is it? - Taste it.

Delicious!

It looks delicious.

So?

1:42.

Wait, how much more is that?

At least 20 seconds!

Calm down, Jacques Mayol!

12 more seconds.

That's not bad.

Your turn now.

Nope.

Come on!

- I don't like doing it. - Come on, Santu!

I suck! You win. I can't even last 30 seconds.

Liar! Give me the stopwatch, I'll time you!

- Hey! Did you try to push me in? - No way!

Come on, get in!

Stop it! It isn't the watch you want!

- Yes, it's the watch! - Santu!

An unprecedented operation of rare violence

took place this morning in Appietto.

Ambushed on Listincone Road,

a vehicle was reportedly hit by a Jeep

before being riddled at point-blank by multiple buckshots.

The victim was Joseph Benetti, close friend of Pierre-Paul Savelli.

Earlier this week, another relation of the clan boss

was targeted by a car bomb,

the socialist regional president Philippe Padovani.

This is the third murder...

How is it possible?

He was coming here.

Someone knew where he was going.

We must know...

We have to know.

Let's get out of here!

I'm the one who used the phone.

I'm sorry, Dad.

You shouldn't have called.

But you had nothing to do with Godfather's death.

OK?

Calling all of Corsica wouldn't have changed anything.

You understand?

Come here.

Why did they kill him?

I don't know, darling.

Listen.

Fate has dealt us a blow, but we must stay strong.

It's what he would've wanted.

I'm going away again to find out what happened.

You'll go back to Auntie's like before.

- Listen... - No, I want to stay with you!

You can't, darling.

I need to know you're safe in the village with Auntie.

There's no other way.

You understand?

We'll see each other soon.

I promise.

Aren't we going to the village?

We're going to the morgue first.

My condolences, Jean.

Have you seen him?

No, I just couldn't.

- It's better that way. - Yes.

I'm going home.

I'll take care of everything and drive my mother-in-law back.

Be brave.

- Can you wait for us? - Where are you going?

We'll be right back.

We haven't touched him since he came in.

How long's that white van been there?

Since the beltway.

Park here.

- What the fuck were you thinking? - Pierre-Paul...

I'm talking. Me!

Such a tough guy gets screwed around by a kid!

I told you to take her to my sister's and you bring her here.

Now we have to make another trip, thanks to you.

We could get spotted on the roads, as if they weren't dangerous enough!

- What could we do? - You shut up!

I don't want to hear it! Basta!

You're fucking useless, both of you!

Santu will take you back tomorrow.

I'll stay with you, you won't even hear me.

What do you think? You can be of help to me here?

- I can shoot! - Stop it!

Now you're a problem. So if you want to help, listen to me.

Go back to the village like I said.

Putana!

Lesia...

Oh, sorry, sweetie.

I'll be right there.

Sorry, I thought you were asleep.

- It's OK. - We need to go. Are you ready?

- Where's Dad? - He left already.

Look, we're not taking you home today.

The cops will be at Auntie's this afternoon.

What for?

To search the place.

But don't worry, they won't find anything.

- Come on, let's go. - Go where?

To do some shopping.

Sté,

I've found it!

Go take a swim. We'll take care of the rest.

You look good like that.

Younger.

You like it?

- Yes. - Come on.

Where?

In La Vulpaja, a mile from where Joseph was killed.

Who saw the car?

Some homeland security agents in the bar across the street.

When they arrived,

a car cut them off and pulled off to the side.

One of them memorized the plate.

The car stayed there for a good hour.

Around 10am it moved...

At the time of the murder?

A few minutes before.

The guy in the car waited for Joseph, he gave the signal and left.

The cop checked the license plate

and found a rented 306...

under the name of Charles Serra.

Charles Serra?

Marchini's son-in-law?

What does this Serra do?

Doesn't he run a garage?

And he does favors occasionally.

- But that's not Marchini's style. - No.

So if it were him,

he wasn't alone.

I don't believe it was Marchini.

OK, but what I want is the facts and removal of any doubts.

Speculation doesn't interest me.

You know Serra, right?

He has his coffee at the Eden every morning.

Wait for him tomorrow, watch his reaction.

And if it feels off?

Do nothing.

Just play dumb.

Let him talk, drink your coffee and go.

If it were him in the car, he'll get what's coming.

Him,

Marchini,

and all the others.

Lesia!

Come here.

What you hear and see here,

you must never tell anyone, ever.

Not Auntie, not your friends.

Not your lover, not tomorrow, not in ten years.

Never.

No one.

Can we trust you?

And when I tell you to take a walk, you take a walk.

Understand?

Should I take a walk?

Sit down.

- What time? - 11:17. Early, right?

It happens.

The boars must be disorientated by the heat too.

Look at the mess they've made!

You know who killed Godfather?

Yes.

And you? Why do they want to kill you?

For money.

For power.

Can't you talk to them? Make a deal?

You don't talk to those kinds of people.

Are the guns in the cases for revenge?

Lesia, basta questions.

Last night you said you trusted me.

When will you do it?

Tomorrow.

Who's going?

Sté and Santu.

Lesia, this whole thing is complicated.

When I was threatened, I had to defend myself.

A lot is said about me, but most of it is false.

Understand?

Are you scared?

We're all scared.

With the lives we lead,

we breathe fear.

We eat it.

It's what keeps us alive.

Take a walk.

It was a kind of far.

A bit of wind, too.

Next time?

Restaurateurs have expressed discontent

at a fall in tourist numbers estimated at over 20%.

This morning, the Minister promised

to talk to the transportation companies

and respond to tourist operators by the end of the week.

And the main news again:

a fatal shooting in Ajaccio city center.

Two individuals on a motorcycle shot two people and fled.

The victims were apparently known to police.

More on that story in our 7pm edition.

Some music now:

a blast from the past with Tino here on Alta Frequenza.

The cops!

The cops!

The cops!

- Where? - Up on the road!

Go, we'll stall them!

Go!

Don't shoot.

Lesia, stay here!

Get down.

Are we disturbing you?

What are you doing here?

Come in.

Darling, could you come here, please?

- Everything's on the bed. - Thanks, Pauline.

Morning.

I'm Marianne.

You OK? Manage to get some rest?

I'm fine.

Hungry?

Want some hot cocoa or milk?

Coffee.

Coffee.

With sugar?

OK.

Coming right up.

Have you known my father long?

30 years, give or take.

How come I've never seen you?

Because...

I was traveling a lot.

Did you know my mother?

Very well.

Your mom was a hell of a woman.

People must always say you look like her, right?

You look like him, too.

You're a hell of a hunter, I hear.

You like it?

How come?

I've never liked hunting.

Then why do you go?

To spend a little time with him.

He was arrested 48 hours ago.

We've heard no more from him.

What does his lawyer say?

That he was ratted out by other cops.

Internal Services know he was doing favors.

- Who's replacing him? - A Marseille cop, we don't know him.

Ghajsè and Petru?

Possession of firearms, obstruction. They'll be locked up a while.

They will. Tell them we'll get them out.

Understand?

Marchini?

He knows we're after him.

He's careful.

He moves every day.

But there are two regular spots: his mother's and his cousin's.

How often?

From what we saw, at least once a week.

But both places will be complicated for a hit.

- How so? - Too risky.

Too many witnesses, especially this time of year.

And there's nowhere to park.

Show me.

Is that all?

Le Must is closed due to the drugs,

so the Ocana crew isn't around.

But you already know that.

And the kids from the plains have disappeared.

Meaning?

The whole crew has left town.

No one's seen them in 3 weeks.

Santu, go with them to the plains, try to find out more.

Who'll take the girl back home?

She stays with me for now.

- Here you go. - Thanks.

Since when do you smoke?

I don't smoke.

I quit 20 years ago.

Feeling hungry?

Excuse me?

Yes?

We'd like...

two croque monsieurs.

With fries.

How about pizza?

A reine pizza with a Tropico to drink.

Excellent, thanks.

What are we doing here?

Spending time together.

Knock it off, why are we here?

We're waiting.

And spending time together.

What?

This music.

João Gilberto,

Jobim.

Makes me think of your mother.

We used to dance Bossa all night long.

In Maracaibo, Caracas...

I wasn't born yet?

No, not yet.

You weren't part of the plan.

You were a surprise.

The best of surprises.

Remember any of Venezuela?

A few flashes.

I remember the wooden house,

parrots in the banana trees...

The macaws.

The monkeys stealing your pacifier, remember?

No.

They'd come up and...

It made you laugh every time.

I turned that house into a zoo.

We had panthers, crocodiles...

Crocodiles?

Two little injured ones.

I nursed them a bit, then let them go.

They scared your mother.

Mom liked it there?

Those were the best years of our lives.

Why'd we leave?

Someone sold us out, it was no longer safe, and...

with you around, it was best to come home.

How long were you there?

Thirteen years.

Three of them with you.

Don't you want us to go back?

Sure I do, sweetie.

I'd love that.

So? You have fake papers.

Get me some, and we can go back, off the radar.

What?

If only it were that simple.

We don't even have to go back there.

We could go to another country.

Open our own restaurant,

catch the fish ourselves...

I could cook and make cocktails.

- Why not? - Because.

I can't leave, that's just how it is.

I can't hike it across the world with my friends in danger.

My life is here,

my family,

my duties.

Everything is here.

You don't even see your family.

You know...

I was 16 when my father was killed in front of me.

When I buried him,

I promised never to return to his grave

'til I'd gotten revenge.

In the first months after,

I was suffocating.

My mouth tasted like iron.

I stopped talking to my sisters...

my own mother.

Everywhere I ever lived,

I'd take the mirror down to not see my reflection.

I couldn't stand the cries of the kids in the street,

people griping about traffic tickets,

old ladies talking to their dogs like their own offspring.

I wanted to cut all their tongues out.

It weighed on me hour after hour,

getting my revenge.

It was all that mattered.

Two people shot my father,

but more than 20 worked to orchestrate his death.

It took me years of disciplining myself,

learning,

developing my plan.

And when I chose this path,

I never thought I'd be a dad.

I was so sure I'd die young.

I was going after people 30 years older than me,

gangsters who were wreaking havoc all over Corsica and Marseille.

Everyone was afraid of them.

And I was just a kid.

But I had the rage of the gods in me.

I was indestructible, afraid of nothing.

They took my father from me, so we couldn't breathe the same air.

A young man's anger...

You can't imagine.

You don't see it coming.

All human history is based on it.

Then at the same time,

I met your mother.

She blew me away, spun my head around.

She was amazing.

Never in a thousand years did I expect to fall in love.

She never asked me anything, but she knew.

She accepted me for who I was, and I, her.

It took me 24 years to return to my father's grave.

24 years to hang a mirror in my house.

24 years with blood on my hands.

I'm neither proud nor ashamed.

I did what I had to do.

And now...

I'm paying for it.

You're paying for it.

And it hurts me.

It hurts me to tell you no all the time.

No, we can't speak on the phone.

No, you can't talk about your vacation.

No, I can't pick you up from school.

No, I can't be by your side at your mother's deathbed.

And no...

we can't move across the world to start a new life.

No.

You've done nothing wrong, sweetie.

You didn't deserve this.

But it's just a no.

I hope one day you'll forgive me.

It's fine, Dad.

Sweetie, know this.

Every morning God creates is a blessing.

I wasn't supposed to live past 20, and I'm 59.

I wasn't supposed to ever meet you,

and you've been the light of my life for 15 years.

Understand what I'm saying?

Every day is a jackpot.

Every day I'm a winner. You're a winner.

We've been through so much.

And your whole life,

you'll remember all these priceless moments

we shared in our kingdom.

I know, Dad.

Come on.

Who did you work with, Antoine?

Who?

Jeannot,

have Santu get us at noon tomorrow,

then head to the village, lay low, and stay put, got it?

Take a walk.

Nice shot!

The Bretons are in a bind!

Don't get too emotional in boules,

or your arm won't be steady

and that's no good.

Come on, Bretons, we don't have all night!

Marchini and associates killed in coastal villa

Santu hasn't come yet?

Can I close you out?

- Keep the change. - Thanks.

Get in the backseat.

Shouldn't we wait for him?

He won't be coming.

Mimi...

Oh my God!

- I'm so happy. - You're as pretty as ever.

What brings you here?

- Pierre-Paul? - You must be Lesia.

Oh, sweetie, you're so beautiful.

You can set yourself up in here.

Your house is so beautiful, Mimi.

Your dad used to play with this cross.

I'd always find it on the floor.

Everything here meant so much to him.

Where did he sleep?

Right here.

My great-grandfather built this house.

- I think you'll like it here. - Thanks, Mimi.

It's back-to-school time,

and everyone's heading to stores to buy school supplies.

Parents and children are looking for binders, pencils,

pencil cases, and schoolbags

to start on the right foot this school year.

Low-income families are eligible for aid...

Time to eat!

That's for families with yearly incomes

under 102,049 francs.

Listen, you go home Thursday.

You and Auntie have 3 days to shop for school.

- The first days are pointless. - It's not a discussion!

You'll go back to Auntie's, to your life and friends.

No push back.

We'll see each other again soon, I promise.

Did Mimi mention the river down the way?

Let's check it out tomorrow.

Then we can shoot ourselves a boar later in the day.

Hands on either side.

So many people.

Too many.

Too many people in your wake.

There's a man...

returning.

See this little drop?

He's hanging around.

But...

he's not out to do you any good.

Can you see who it is?

No.

I don't know him.

I try to send him away,

but he's dug in.

And...

it's hard to see clearly.

There are so many people.

I can even see the dead.

I see your uncle.

He's with your poor dad...

who...

Here, I can't make out any more.

What was Dad doing?

Hands on the sides again.

He was talking about Lesia.

He said you won't be able to take her

everywhere you go.

There you go!

That's great!

You just have to get the hang of manual.

Now shift down into second.

Come away from the edge and countersteer right.

- Countersteer, Lesia. - I'm doing it!

More! See the trees?

Oh basta! Why don't you just drive?

Spoken like a true Breton!

Don't get too emotional!

Don't succumb to pressure or your arm won't be steady

and that's no good!

- Still won't say what's in the bag? - Nope.

You'll see.

So cold.

I can't believe it!

This bowl-fishing trick again?

It's nonsense! You've been duped!

I think the water's great. Hot even!

- Who called it? - No way!

- Who called it? - Imagine the time we'll save!

- That's the shit! - Now we just set out a few bowls.

Damn right!

- I never doubted you. - Yeah, right!

You're the best, sweetie.

No, drop it.

Come on!

Let's go!

Go! Go!

You did what you set out to do.

From now on, I never want to see a weapon in your hands again.

We'll take care of the others.

Understand?

I missed you.

I can fix you something else.

There's fish left in the fridge.

Thanks, but I'm not hungry.

This mountain air hasn't whet your appetite?

It has, but I ate a late lunch.

School is now back in session for all ages.

Over 20,000 students are set to start middle school.

Ajaccio middle schoolers visited their classrooms

and got to know the buildings.

Within these walls, their next chapter will be written.