Boris Without Béatrice

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Boris Without Béatrice

2016

1h 33m

Drama

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12 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A man has an affair to escape the emotional strain caused by caring for his terminally ill wife.

Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

"Boris Without Beatrice" appears to have something to say about the hubris of the modern business tycoon, but it never coalesces into more than a self-amused goof.

Sep 7, 2017

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

AV Club

The movie is undermined by its conceptual maundering and impersonality; it can be clinical and opaque one scene, conventional and over-determined the next.

Rated: C+

Sep 6, 2017

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

The film offers an oxymoronic parable that's been utilized countless times by cinema, in loose reiterations of A Christmas Carol: The protagonist must learn humility after learning that the world revolves around him.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 2, 2017

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Diego Lerer

Otroscines.com

The Canadian director delivers his most formally "traditional" film, but that doesn't stop it from being intriguing or disquieting... [Full review in Spanish]

Nov 2, 2022

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C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

Fans of Côté's precise, arresting style will find plenty to enjoy, even if it's in strictly formal terms.

Rated: 7/10

May 22, 2019

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

A film that seems the result of having truncated of affectation and supposed strangeness the most mechanical and conventional dramatic arc of redemption in the less ventilated areas of the modern comedy. [Full review in Spanish]

May 18, 2017

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Le cinéma de Denis Côté a toujours ce côté intriguant. Boris sans Béatrice ne fait pas exception. Et au moment où je croyais avoir tout compris, on m'a lancé le générique pour me rendre compte que j'avais peut-être rien compris. Pas mon préféré de Côté, mais encore d'une agréable étrangeté.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Synopsis

A man has an affair to escape the emotional strain caused by caring for his terminally ill wife.

Director: Denis Côté
Producer: Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant
Screenwriter: Denis Côté
Production Co: Metafilms, SODEC Québec
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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