PROFILBARU.COM

Boris Without Béatrice
Boris Without Béatrice
	Film poster
French	Boris sans Béatrice
Directed by	Denis Côté
Written by	Denis Côté
Produced by	Sylvain Corbeil; Nancy Grant
Starring	James Hyndman
Cinematography	Jessica Lee Gagné
Edited by	Nicolas Roy
Music by	Ghislain Poirier
Production; company	Metafilms [fr]
Distributed by	K-Films America
Release dates	12 February 2016 (Berlin); 4 March 2016 (Canada);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Boris Without Béatrice (French: 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to deal with his emotional and companionship needs, while caring for his wife Beatrice (Simone-Élise Girard), who has withdrawn from the world in a self-induced state of catatonic silence that defies diagnosis.^[2]

Cast

James Hyndman as Boris
Simone-Élise Girard as Beatrice
Denis Lavant as l'Inconnu
Isolda Dychauk as Klara
Dounia Sichov as Helga

Production

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]

Awards

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Prix Iris	June 4, 2017	Best Costume Design	Caroline Bodson	Nominated	^[4]
Prix Iris	June 4, 2017	Most Successful Film Outside Quebec	Boris Without Béatrice	Nominated	^[4]

Release

Boris Without Béatrice was released on DVD by K-Films America on June 14, 2016.^[5]

References

^ "Berlinale 2016: First Films for Competition and Berlinale Special" (PDF). Berlinale. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Pinto, Jordan (27 July 2015). "Cameras roll on Denis Cote feature". Playback.
^ Ramond, Charles-Henri (27 July 2015). "Denis Côté tourne Boris sans Béatrice" [Denis Côté shoots Boris Without Béatrice] (in French). Films du Québec. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Boutros, Magdalene (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête" [Québec Cinema Gala: Just the End of the World and Two Lovers and a Bear in the lead]. La Presse (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ Ramond, Charles-Henri (25 January 2016). "Boris sans Béatrice – Film de Denis Côté" [Boris Without Béatrice – Film by Denis Côté] (in French). Films du Québec. Retrieved 14 November 2023.