Boris Without Beatrice

Boris Without Beatrice

93 mins | Drama | March 4, 2016

Living somewhere in present-day Quebec, Boris Malinowski has achieved all his goals. A freethinker, open-minded and proud, he also displays a certain arrogance when it comes to his successes. For some time now, his wife Béatrice, a Canadian government minister, has been bedridden, suffering from a mysterious depression. To escape from his wife’s agony, Boris begins a relationship with a colleague, Helga, and gets close to Klara, a young woman who works as a maid in Boris’s home. The sudden appearance of a stranger in his life forces Boris to come face-to-face with the world, with everything he takes for granted, with all his certainties.

Boris Without Beatrice

93 mins | Drama | March 4, 2016

Boris Without Beatrice
Living somewhere in present-day Quebec, Boris Malinowski has achieved all his goals. A freethinker, open-minded and proud, he also displays a certain arrogance when it comes to his successes. For some time now, his wife Béatrice, a Canadian government minister, has been bedridden, suffering from a mysterious depression. To escape from his wife’s agony, Boris begins a relationship with a colleague, Helga, and gets close to Klara, a young woman who works as a maid in Boris’s home. The sudden appearance of a stranger in his life forces Boris to come face-to-face with the world, with everything he takes for granted, with all his certainties.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Téléfilm Canada, SODEC, Metafilms
Original title Boris sans Béatrice
Directors Denis Côté
Writers Denis Côté

Cast

James Hyndman

as Boris

Simone-Elise Girard

as Béatrice

Denis Lavant

as L'Inconnu

Isolda Dychauk

as Klara

Dounia Sichov

as Helga

Laetitia Isambert

as Justine Malinovsky

Louise Laprade

as Pauline Malinovsky

Anie Pascale

as Docteur Miller

Bruce LaBruce

as Premier ministre

Roc LaFortune

as Le maire

Ludivine Reding

as Préposée Boutique

Maxime Carbonneau

as Oreste

Dany Boudreault

as Électre

Hamidou Savadogo

as Moussa

Johanne Haberlin

as Céline

Jean Marchand

as Gardien Musée

Hugo Giroux

as Conseiller de district Paillé

Ève Duranceau

as Policière

Serge Gagnon

as Musicien Résidence

Myriam Reid

as Harpiste

Daniel Gélinas

as Instructeur de tir

Myriam Fournier

as Assistante du Premier ministre

Sergiy Marchenko

as Chauffeur de l'Inconnu

Sylvain Buffoni

as Chauffeur du PM #1

Serge Boulianne

as Chauffeur du PM #2

Cédrick Kluyskens

as Badaud / François

Inka Malovic

as Conseillère de district

Marie Codebecq

as Conseillère de district

Frédéric Khawam

as Garde du corps PM

Yuri Berger

as Policier PM