A stranger walks into a Corsican village and the Baron’s wife might ruin everything—especially his revenge.
Karl de Linken, an elegant young man, adventurous and unattached, arrives in the square of a small Corsican village perched in the mountains. His presence intrigues Baron Ucciani, who reigns supreme over Santa Lucia. The meeting with the baron and his young wife Maria could divert our hero from his original project: revenge ...
Cinematography
Corsican mountains as beautiful prison.
Acting
Charles Vanel's crumbling aristocratic menace.
Director
Olivier Ricard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Vanel was 82 here, still terrifying—he'd already worked with Hitchcock and Huston.
1973 French TV movies like this were where arthouse aesthetics met pulp plotting, creating a uniquely louche tension.
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