A VIOLENT LIFE focuses on the violent nationalist struggles that plagued director Thierry de Peretti s native land Corsica in the 1990s. Stéphane (Jean Michelangeli) moves to Paris to flee his past. The death of a former comrade brings back memories of his transformation from a middle class youth with conventional aspirations to a radicalized activist with dangerous ties. Stéphane returns to Corsica for his friend s funeral, knowing that this trip could cost him his life. Set in the unique social and cultural climate of Corsica, and in the tradition of GOMORRA and THE GODFATHER, A VIOLENT LIFE is a chilling portrait of a young man s violent rise and fall.