Our documentary series aims to lift the discreet veil covering a Corsica tainted by violence, dirty money, and the law of silence.
Even today, speaking openly about the Brise in a bar in Bastia or a restaurant in Corte is a risky endeavor…
How did this grip take hold? How did the Brise de Mer exploit the levers of Corsican “exceptionalism” (the infamous “insularity”), weaving together ancestral omertà and a dense social network?
How did the gangsters outmaneuver public authorities?
How did the French State—often blind, sometimes complicit—allow them to thrive?
Through exclusive testimonies, from the first police commissioner to cross paths with the clan to the last informant who lived alongside the sons of the Brise de Mer, Vendetta tells this incredible saga.
A never-before-told story, full of rage and tears, money and ambition, betrayal and revenge—shedding light on the nature of the violence that has taken Corsica, the Isle of Beauty, hostage.
Because even if the Brise’s golden age is over, its legacy is more alive than ever.
The vendetta keeps it going—and, above all, its imprint is everywhere: in people’s minds, in this toxic blend of radical violence and elite corruption that continues to plague Corsica, which has, over the years, become the most deadly region in Europe.