Frontier(s)
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- Synopsis
- The banlieues of Paris are burning, and as a young girl from the slums attempts to elude police by hiding out at a sprawling inn near the Luxembourg border she becomes locked in a vicious battle for survival against a group of Neo-Nazi fanatics ......
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- Starring
- Karina Testa, Aurelien Wiik, Patrick Ligardes, David Saracino, Maud Forget
- Director(s)
- Xavier Gens
- Distributor(s)
- After Dark Films
- MPAA Rating
- NC-17
- Runtime
- 108 min.
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The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites
Although at times Mr. Gens veers dangerously close to the unpardonable, with images that evoke the Holocaust too strongly, Frontier(s) finally works because its shivers are as plausible as they are outrageous.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites
There's no depth, surprises, or wit to the screenplay, which seems motivated by the sole desire to generate the vilest, most disgusting people and images imaginable.Read the full review
Variety | John AndersonAdd Critic to Favorites
Can a movie be an adrenalin-fueled, blood-gushing thrill ride and still be as boring as dirt? Apparently. The French answer to "Hostel" and "Saw" -- Frontier(s) is a 100-minute hemorrhage that doesn't bring anything to the operating table of torture-porn but more gore, cruelty and misery.Read the full review
