Line

Downright radical…Belgian actor-singer-playwright Blanchoud is the reason this project proves so impactful.
-- Peter Debruge, Variety

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The Line

After a violent argument with her mother, Margaret, 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 or approach within 100 meters of the family home for three 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.
Not Rated
Runtime
102
Language
French
Director
Ursula Meier
Writer(s)
Stéphanie Blanchoud, Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud, With the collaboration of, Robin Campillo, Nathalie Najem
Cast
Stéphanie Blanchoud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
FEATURED REVIEW
Beatrice Loayza, New York Times

The brawl at the beginning of Ursula Meier’s “The Line” makes for a fitting start to a film about damage — the kind that only family can cause. In operatic slow-motion, Margaret (Stéphanie Blanchoud) assaults her mother, Christina (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), banging her head against the keys of a ...

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