by Canal+ broadcasts the unprecedented series “Plaine Orientale”, orchestrated by Pierre Leccia who formerly worked on “Mafiosa”. Here, we return to Corsica and explore the environment of banditry through two heroes and sister's half-brother …
Wednesday, May 26, 2025, Canal+ invites its subscribers to discover its new original creation, broadcasting from 9:10 p.m. Oriental plain. This unique series in eight episodes explores the universe of Corsican banditry through the gaze of Pierre Leccia, eleven years after he signed Mafiosa.
A dive into Corsican banditry
Here, the story begins when Reda comes out of prison. The latter hopes to reconnect with his former accomplice who have since become the second of Carlotti, the godfather who reigns supreme over the north of Corsica. Reda has trouble finding its place in this world of thugs which has changed a lot and quickly understands that it will not be accepted by the band of the eastern plain.
At the same time landed in Bastia his half-sister Ines that he has lost sight of since childhood. Today it is a young judge who joins the first antimafia pole made up by the police and local justice. Determined to bring down the godfather Carlotti, she offers Reda a secret alliance. Then signed a high risk pact between the two …
“A story that renews the concept”
In the casting of Plaine Orientale, users of Canal+ finds Raphaël Acloque and Lina El Arabi in the main roles. They give the reply to Veerle Baetens, Aurélien Gabrielli, Antoinia Desplat, Cédric Appietto, Henri-Noël Tabary, Eric Fraticelli, Julie Ledru, Rachid Guellaz, Véronique Volta, Denis Pierinelli or Adel Bencherif.
In the press kit of this bold fiction, Pierre Leccia (who officiates as creator and director) explains his project: “Oriental plain, it is a title that can evoke, not without humor in our case, the East and it is also more directly a geographic space south of Bastia. “
“”A coveted territory where Corsicans, fertile agricultural lands work in which many emigrants from Algeria or Morocco work are working as a tourist coast. Our protagonists were born from meetings between these different communities (…) This story of two poorly considered characters, one because of its double origin, the other of its extreme youth, renews the concept. “
The broadcast of Plaine Orientale begins Wednesday, May 26, from 9:10 p.m. on Canal+.
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