The Broken Line

The Broken Line (French: La ligne brisée) is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Louis Choquette and released in 2008.[1] The film stars David Boutin and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Sébastien Messier and Danny Demers, lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when they accidentally hit a bicyclist with their car after a night of excess partying.[2]

The Broken Line
FrenchLa ligne brisée
Directed byLouis Choquette
Written byMichelle Allen
Produced byAndré Dupuy
StarringDavid Boutin
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
CinematographyRonald Plante
Edited byClaude Palardy
Music byFM Le Sieur
Production
company
Pixcom
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • March 7, 2008 (2008-03-07)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Fanny Mallette, Jacynthe René, Benoît Gouin, Steve Laplante and Germain Houde.

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Sound Editing (Robert LaBrosse, France Lévesque, Guy Francoeur, Lucie Fortier, Lori Paquet) at the 29th Genie Awards,[3] and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Cinematography (Ronald Plante) at the 11th Jutra Awards.[4]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ligne brisée, La – Film de Louis Choquette". Films du Québec, January 10, 2009.
  2. Brendan Kelly, "Boxing drama has predictable punch". Montreal Gazette, March 7, 2008.
  3. "Prix Genie: 8 nominations pour Ce qu’il faut pour vivre, 7 pour Tout est parfait". Voir, February 10, 2009.
  4. Odile Tremblay, "Des Jutra sous le signe de la controverse". Le Devoir, March 28, 2009.


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