Borderline

Borderline, a film version of the novels Borderline and La Brèche, tells the story of Kiki at various stages of her life. With her mother institutionalized, she is raised by her grandmother, where left to her own devices, she takes refuge in school. Her life before 30 is a far cry from fairy-tale. Sex and alcohol are her only outlets and her daily reality. She goes through men one after another. But at 30, Kiki faces the hardest challenge of all: learning to love herself.

Swinger Kiki (Isabelle Blais) is a Quebec writer who simply adores sex: "I spread my legs to shine like a little star." But when her lifestyle starts to overwhelm her life, she realizes that she'll have to put the past to bed before she comes to terms with the present. A great performance by Blais and an arresting debut by director Lyne Charlebois, but be warned: there are numerous scenes of full-frontal nudity by both genders, various sexual positions gay and straight, coarse language and wrist slashing.