Acting
Didier Bourdon's deadpan desperation is peak French comedy.
Production
Corsica looks gorgeous even when everyone's behaving horribly.
Writing
True-story absurdity that writes its own jokes.
Director
Éric Fraticelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual 1985 discovery sparked a legal circus involving over 200 claimants—somehow wilder than the film.
Fraticelli, a Corsican native, spent years developing this to avoid the usual 'mafia island' clichés—treasure hunters felt fresher, apparently.
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