The Line

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The Line

Released Mar 31, 2023

1h 42m

Drama

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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 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.

Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

[An] emotionally probing French-language drama.

Mar 30, 2023

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Greg Nussen

Slant Magazine

The film is unable to bring its disparate elements into a convincing totality.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 25, 2023

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Anna Smith

Deadline Hollywood Daily

It’s an arresting story of familial disharmony that’s distinctive both visually and thematically.

Feb 11, 2022

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Kathy Fennessy

Video Librarian Magazine

Though The Line's ambiguity is probably intentional, rather than the result of carelessness, it prevents the film from being wholly satisfying. Nonetheless, Meier elicits full-bodied performances from her entire cast...

Rated: 3/5

Jun 26, 2023

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Michael Sicinski

In Review Online

Unfortunately, [The Line] is also [Meier's] least creatively successful to date, a film that so aggressively literalizes its central metaphor that it removes the sense of latent threat that characterizes her best work.

Apr 3, 2023

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

As usual, Meier sketches out a dysfunctional family that is still a family, nonetheless. And she is wise enough not to question her characters motives or dig into their backgrounds too deeply, letting silence do the talking.

Apr 3, 2023

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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 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.

Director: Ursula Meier
Producer: Pauline Gygax, Max Karli
Screenwriter: Stéphanie Blanchoud, Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 42m