Beyond the Walls (2012 film)

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Beyond the Walls
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French Hors les murs
Directed by David Lambert
Written byDavid Lambert
Produced byJérôme Dopffer
Daniel Morin
Jean-Yves Roubin
Starring Guillaume Gouix
Matila Malliarakis
CinematographyMatthieu Poirot-Delpech
Edited by Hélène Girard
Music byFlonja Kodheli
Release date
  • 20 May 2012 (2012-05-20)(CFF)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesBelgium
Canada
France
LanguageFrench

Beyond the Walls (French : Hors les murs) is a 2012 French / Belgian / Canadian drama film directed by David Lambert. [1]

Contents

The film centres on a romance between Paulo (Matila Malliarakis) and Ilir (Guillaume Gouix), complicated by the bisexual Paulo’s relationship with his girlfriend Anka (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin). [2]

The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in contention for the Queer Palm. [3]

Cast

Awards

At the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013, Hélène Girard was a nominee for Best Editing. [4]

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References

  1. Lodge, Guy (3 June 2012). "Beyond the Walls". Variety . Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. Allan Hunter, "Beyond The Walls". Screen Daily , 21 May 2012.
  3. "Queer Palm Cannes 2012 : la Croisette "gay friendly" avec 17 films en lice". Canal+ . 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News Montreal, March 17, 2013.