Borderline

Borderline

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Release Date

2/8/2008

Runtime

110 mins

Genres

Overview

Borderline, a film version of the novels Borderline and La Brèche, tells the story of Kiki at various stages of her life. With her mother institutionalized, she is raised by her grandmother, where left to her own devices, she takes refuge in school. Her life before 30 is a far cry from fairy-tale. Sex and alcohol are her only outlets and her daily reality. She goes through men one after another.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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A fragmented portrait of a woman's self-destructive trajectory, moving through different chapters of her life as she searches for connection in all the wrong places. The film observes Kiki's spiral with unflinching empathy, finding moments of tenderness amid the wreckage.

Mood

MelancholicBleakWistful

Themes

IdentityFamilyAddictionIsolation

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

AddictionSexual content

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