Boris Without Béatrice | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Denis Côté |
Producer: | Sylvain Corbeil Nancy Grant |
Starring: | James Hyndman |
Music: | Ghislain Poirier |
Cinematography: | Jessica Lee Gagné |
Editing: | Nicolas Roy |
Distributor: | K-Films America |
Runtime: | 93 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
Boris Without Béatrice (fr|'''Boris sans Béatrice''') is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Côté. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
The film stars James Hyndman as Boris Malinovsky, a man who begins having several extramarital affairs to deal with his emotional and companionship needs, while caring for his wife Beatrice (Simone-Élise Girard), who has withdrawn from the world in a self-induced state of catatonic silence that defies diagnosis.[2]
Filming began on 22 July 2015 in Montreal and were completed on August 24 of the same year in the same region and in the Eastern Townships.[3]
scope=col | Award | scope=col | Date of ceremony | scope=col | Category | scope=col | Recipient(s) | scope=col | Result | scope=col class=unsortable | |
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scope=row rowspan=2 | Prix Iris | June 4, 2017 | Best Costume Design | Caroline Bodson | [4] | ||||||
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Boris Without Béatrice |
Boris Without Béatrice was released on DVD by K-Films America on June 14, 2016.[5]