Studiocanal Brings to Market Gritty Mafia Thriller ‘The Corsican Line’ With ‘Furies’ Star Lina El Arabi, ’24: Legacy’ Lead Raphaël Acloque (EXCLUSIVE)

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John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent European powerhouse Studiocanal, part of the Canal+ Group, is bringing to market at Series Mania awaited crime thriller “The Corsican Line,” which toplines Raphaël Acloque, a lead in “24: Legacy” and Lina El Arabi, absolute star of 2024 Netflix smash “Furies,” one of its best performing French series of all time after “Lupin.” A Canal+ Création Originale, “The Corsican Line” also reunites “Mafiosa” writer-director Pierre Leccia and Mediawan’s Image et Compagnie, headed by Nicole Collet.

Unspooling in Corsica against spectacular settings, “The Corsican Line” combines crime and family, arguably the two biggest draws of scripted entertainment, with a tale offering a knowing immersion – Leccia is a Paris-based Corsican – in Corsica, its people, its ways and its ruthless mafia underworld.

Soon to bow on French paybox Canal+, though no specific date has been announced, “The Corsican Line” kicks in with Reda (Acloque) walking free from Corsica’s grim Borgo penitentiary having served 10 years down by law for a bungled heist, refusing to grass on partner Jean-Do.

In parallel, estranged sister Inés (El Arabi), a go-getting young magistrate, arrives to help spearhead Corsica’s newly formed Anti-Mafia Unit.