Year: 1973
Runtime: 100 mins
Language: French
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Ange returns from New York to his native Corsica because his mother is dying, hoping to be by her side and to confront the past he missed when his father died. In Corsica he discovers his brother Baptiste is married to Maria, the woman Ange once loved. He learns his father was murdered, yet no one will reveal the killer’s identity, and soon two assassins appear, waiting for him.
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