‘The Mohican’, about the Corsican Goat Herder’s struggle with the mafia, is sold to several territories after its premiere in Venice (EXCLUSIVE)

Brussels sales agency Be For Films has signed distribution deals for Frédéric Farrucci’s “The Mohican,” which had its world premiere in the Horizons Extra section of the Venice Film Festival.

The signed territory deals include Frenetic Films for Switzerland, Splendid Film for Germany and Austria, Edge Entertainment for Scandinavia, One From the Heart for Greece and Imovision for Brazil.

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The company is in discussions for deals for the Benelux, Australia, the US and Japan.

The French distributor is Ad Vitam.

The French and Corsican-language drama revolves around Joseph, one of the last goatherds on the Corsican coast, who is visited by the mafia. They want to take his land. Despite the pressure, he says no, he doesn’t move.

After unknowingly killing the man sent to intimidate him, he becomes the victim of a brutal manhunt that takes place in mid-summer from the southern to the northern part of Corsica. As the days pass, the legend of Joseph spreads throughout the island thanks to his niece Vannina, embodying a resistance previously thought impossible.

Farrucci said the film was inspired by a 2017 documentary he directed about a shepherd working on the southern coast of Corsica. “He saw himself as an anomaly in his region, like the last of the Mohicans,” he said.

Alexis Manenti leads the cast, consisting of Mara Taquin, Pietri Théo Frimigacci, Paul Garatte and Marie-Pierre Nouveau.

The producers are Céline Chapdaniel and Diane Jassem. The production company is Koro Films.

Pamela Leu from Be For Films said: “We were fascinated by the feedback we received from the industry and buyers immediately after the premiere in Venice, a very well made and exciting feature, enhanced by the perfect acting of Alexis Manenti.”

Leu will be present at the MIA film market in Rome next week.

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