The Line

Name: The Line
Genre: Drama
Released: March 31, 2023
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Benjamin Biolay, Dali Benssalah, Elli Spagnolo, Eric Ruf, India Hair

2023

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: March 31, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Benjamin Biolay, Dali Benssalah, Elli Spagnolo, Eric Ruf, India Hair, Jean-François Stévenin, Louis Gence, Stéphanie Blanchoud, Thomas Wiesel, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Summary: After a violent argument with her mother, Margaret (Stéphanie Blanchoud), 35 years old and with a long history of inflicting and suffering from violence, is subject to a strict restraining order before her trial: she’s no longer allowed to make contact with her mother Christina (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) or approach within 100 meters of theAfter a violent argument with her mother, Margaret (Stéphanie Blanchoud), 35 years old and with a long history of inflicting and suffering from violence, is subject to a strict restraining order before her trial: she’s no longer allowed to make contact with her mother Christina (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) or approach within 100 meters of the family home for 3 months. But this separation only exacerbates her desire to be closer to her family and so she returns every day to this invisible and impassable frontier.… Expand

Director: Ursula Meier

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 102 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 16, 2022

[An] engrossing, unnerving but unexpectedly sympathetic drama of family dysfunction. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Feb 16, 2022

As with nearly all great drama, The Line is about conflict, although this particular narrative feels downright radical in the way it rejects aggression as an acceptable means of resolving problems. Read full review

Beatrice Loayza

Mar 30, 2023

The film is at its strongest when it focuses, in its more understated scenes, on a distressing human tendency: to create distance between ourselves and those who know us best. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Feb 16, 2022

The problem with Meier’s latest, despite the strong cast and solid direction, is that it explores the tense and thorny nature of blood ties without ever delving into the psychology of it all, often leaving us in the dark as to why the characters behave the way they do. Read full review

Lee Marshall

Feb 16, 2022

It’s a story with a brilliant conceptual framework that never quite coalesces into a satisfying drama. Read full review

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