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Beyond the Walls (2012)

Beyond the Walls poster
Original title
Hors les murs
Directed by
David Lambert
Genre
drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France, Belgium, Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man named Paulo is in a relationship with a woman named Anka but starts an affair with a man named Ilir. This love triangle creates emotional complications for everyone involved.

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What happens

Beyond the Walls (French: Hors les murs) is a 2012 French / Belgian / Canadian drama film directed by David Lambert. The film centres on a romance between Paulo (Matila Malliarakis) and Ilir (Guillaume Gouix), complicated by the bisexual Paulo's relationship with his girlfriend Anka (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin). The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in contention for the Queer Palm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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