The Edge
Synopsis
François, a young doctor fresh out of med-school, relocates from Paris to Beauval, a new town, where monotonous rows of brand-new houses make up the residential “Beauval Heights”.
François quickly becomes the target for an adolescent gang, led by Cédric and Matthieu, a
charismatic leader and his associate. At the edges of the forest, they play dangerous games to
beat back their boredom. Dares, provocation, seduction, anything is an excuse to break the routine.
But one of their games goes wrong. The body of 12 year-old Agnes is found at the side of the road, the victim of a hit-and-run. The community sticks together in the face of this drama. However because of their will to dominate, Cédric and Matthieu don’t intend to simply forget the accident.
Repressing their own part in the tragedy, they determine to find the runaway driver. Suspecting François as the possible driver, they harass him with new fervor. The gang loiters in and around his house and closes in on his fiancé. Only the 14...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Cinéma Defacto
- Foreign production company : 23/5 Filmproduktion
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Match Factory
- French distribution : Zootrope Films
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Tom Dercourt
- Screenwriter : Géraldine Bajard
- Director of photography : Josée Deshaies
- Music Composer : Mrs. Good
- Assistant Director : Jérôme Brière
- Editor : Bettina Böhler
- Sound recordists : Olivier Dandré, Kai Tebbel, Matthias Schwab
- Costume designer : Jette Kraghede
- Production manager : Bénédicte Mellac
- Press Attaché (film) : Agnès Chabot
- Continuity supervisor : Frédéric Moriette
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French, English
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
