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Fantastic Fest capsule: ‘The Borderline’
Nothing has gone the way David had hoped. A legal career initially inspired by the teachings of Ghandi has hit a dead-end. He can’t afford Christmas presents for his wife Christine. And his attempts to hide his cigarette smoking from his newly unemployed and bossy wife have left him quaking in the basement like a teenager. Then he finds the bag. In it, bricks of cocaine large enough to make him a very rich man. All he has to do is figure out how to sell the stuff. At first his wife is terrified and offended by the suggestion that the couple become drug dealers, but after realizing the possibilities the money could afford them, the two join forces and start slinging baggies of cocaine, an act of joyful rebellion that reinvigorates their marriage. But when that much cocaine goes missing, the rightful owner is going to come looking for it. When the gangster finds David and Christine, their comedic romp through the drug becomes fraught with peril and the serious threat of danger. A dark comedic tale of marriage, responsibility and failed good intentions, this French film expertly blends nerve-suspenseful drama and laughs.
‘The Borderline’ screens again at 11:55 p.m. on Sunday.
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