Corbo

Corbo

2015 · 119 min · ★ 6.3 · Crime, Drama, History

Montreal, spring 1966. Jean Corbo, 16 years old, born to a Quebec mother and an Italian father, is torn between his two affiliations. After befriending two young far-left activists, he joined the Front de Libération du Québec, an underground radical group. Jean, from then on, marches inexorably towards his destiny.

Directed by Mathieu Denis · Written by Mathieu Denis

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