Melissa is an experienced, exemplary prison guard. But a dangerous spiral is set into motion when she transfers to a Corsican jail, where she accepts help and protection from inmate Saveriu to get her bearings. Upon his release, he contacts Melissa expecting to collect.
Acting
Hafsia Herzi's restrained panic—every blink is a decision.
Direction
Demoustier's unflinching gaze on systemic complicity.
Director
Stéphane Demoustier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Borgo is a real prison in Corsica, notorious for separatist tensions and guard-inmate collusion that the film treats as mundane infrastructure.
Herzi reportedly shadowed actual female prison guards in Corsica, noting how they weaponized invisibility and flirtation as survival tools—techniques Melissa masters then loses control of.
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