THE MOHICAN

With Alexis Manenti, Mara Taquin

A smalltime farmer facing down gangsters becomes an accidental folk hero in this French thriller set on the rugged Mediterranean island of Corsica, where sheep and goats outnumber residents on the ancient hilly pastures owned by the same families for generations.  Intimidated landowners run afoul of a local mafia that uses strongarm tactics to amass the picturesque swaths of coast they plan to develop with luxury resorts and casinos.  Joseph, the last holdout, finds himself a marked man on the run after he wounds the son of a mob boss.  Joseph’s wily niece turns to social media to chart his flight and embolden the island’s citizens, who dub this unlikely renegade “the Mohican.”  In French with English subtitles.