La Lisière (2011) - film review
Géraldine Bajard
Drama

Summary
François, a recently qualified doctor of medicine, leaves Paris
to settle in Beauval, a new town where life is as monotonous as the
grave. He has barely set foot in the town before he becomes the
target of a group of teenagers. The latter are a wild bunch who
relieve their boredom by playing dangerous games on the edge of a
forest. One day, one their games takes a nasty turn...
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Credits
- Director: Géraldine Bajard
- Script: Géraldine Bajard
- Photo: Josée Deshaies
- Cast: Melvil Poupaud (François), Audrey Marnay (Jeanne), Hippolyte Girardot (Sam), Phénix Brossard (Cédric), Alice De Jode (Claire), Susanne Wuest (Julie), Delphine Chuillot (Suzanne), Elias Borst-Schumann (Matthieu), Pauline Acquart (Hélène), Charles Crespo (Tibo), Tom Dercourt (Le maire), Georg Friedrich (Falk), Aurélie Hougron (Marie), Antonia Kanischtscheff (Girl), Pierre Levavasseur (Arno), Frederic Moriette (Flic), Filip Peeters (Rasmus Van Stratten), Eva Poussier (Marie)
- Country: France
- Language: French / English
- Runtime: 100 min
- Aka: The Edge
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