Borderline (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Lyne Charlebois |
| Produced by |
Roger Frappier Luc Vandal |
| Written by |
Lyne Charlebois Marie-Sissi Labrèche |
| Starring |
Isabelle Blais Jean-Hugues Anglade Angèle Coutu Sylvie Drapeau Laurence Carbonneau Pierre-Luc Brillant Marie-Chantal Perron Antoine Bertrand Hubert Proulx |
| Music by | Benoît Jutras |
| Cinematography | Steve Asselin |
| Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
Production company |
Max Films Productions |
| Distributed by | TVA Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Borderline is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels Borderline and La Brèche. It has won ten awards and one nomination.
Synopsis
Kiki (Isabelle Blais) has borderline personality disorder. She is a young student in literature at a university in Montreal who is lovesick. She takes refuge in alcohol and sex with anonymous strangers she picks up at a bar she frequents to forget her past; an unknown father, an institutionalized mother (Sylvie Drapeau), raised by her grandmother (Angèle Coutu), who is on the verge of death. But as she turns thirty, she meets her most painful love: herself.
Awards
Genie Award – Adapted Screenplay; Prix Jutra – Director, Best Actress (Blais), Best Supporting Actress (Coutu), Editing
Cast
- Isabelle Blais as Kiki (20 & 30 years old)
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Tcheky
- Angèle Coutu as Mémé
- Sylvie Drapeau as Mère de Kiki / Kiki's Mother
- Laurence Carbonneau as Kiki (10 years old)
- Pierre-Luc Brillant as Mikael Robin
- Marie-Chantal Perron as Caroline
- Antoine Bertrand as Eric
- Hubert Proulx as Antoine