Casting pour le rôle principal du dernier long-métrage de Thierry de Peretti, « Une vie violente » : des jeunes hommes corses témoignent face caméra du rapport qu’ils entretiennent avec leur île, son passé et son présent. À travers les mots, se dessine le portrait de toute une génération, entre tentation du nationalisme et rêves d’un nouveau départ, ailleurs.

Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer for a local newspaper in Corsica. Her commitment, her friends, and her loves intertwine with the major political events of the island, from the 1980s to the dawn of the 21st century. It is the fresco of a generation.

October 2015. French Customs seized seven tons of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a hazy past, contacts Stéphane Vilner, journalist at Libération. He claims to be able to demonstrate the existence of the State's drug trafficking led by Jacques Billard, media figure and high-ranking French police officer. Suspicious at first, the young journalist finally dives into the investigation. It leads him to the darkest corners of the Republic.