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8	->''What are your boundaries?''
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10	''Frontier(s)'' is a French horror film directed by Xavier Gens.
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12	In the midst of a right-wing extremist being elected in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, riots spark the street. A group of thieves take advantage of the chaos to pull off a robbery before fleeing to a nearby hostel near the border. Unfortunately for them, the place is run by a group of neo-Nazi cannibals. Things get messy. ''Really'' messy.
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14	The film was set to be part of the Creator/AfterDarkHorrorfest film festival but the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] slapped an [=NC-17=] on it and, rather than edit the film, After Dark decided to give it an unrated limited theatrical release elsewhere.
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17	!!This film provides examples of:
18	* AxCrazy: Goetz is a maniac to put it ''mildly''.
19	* ArrangedMarriage: Part of the family's way of extending their bloodline.
20	* BigBad: Karl Von Geisler Sr. [[spoiler: but [[DiscOneFinalBoss he dies first]]]].
21	%%* BigScrewedUpFamily
22	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Yasmine survives and is able to leave the hostel after killing the Neo-Nazis minus Eva, but all of her friends are dead, she's arguably incredibly traumatized and the movie ends with her delivering herself to the police who stop her car]].
23	* BloodyHandprint: [[spoiler:Farid]] leaves one as he's boiled alive in the steam room.
24	* BodyHorror: Plenty, but [[spoiler: Farid's death]] comes to mind the most.
25	* BrokenHeel: Von Geisler cuts the Achilles tendon of one of the thieves.
26	%%* CannibalClan
27	* CollidingCriminalConspiracies: Thieves vs. ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre''-style horror-film cannibals.
28	* CreepyChild: Eva. But she is also a TokenGoodTeammate.
29	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Eva is naive and still believes her parents will come to pick her up.
30	* CrapsackWorld: France is depicted as this. In urban areas, an extreme rightist Prime Minister winning an election is sparking citywide riots, while the country has cannibalistic Nazis roaming the woods.
31	* DepravedBisexual: Gilbrette and Klaudette are two sisters who seduce men to lure them to be killed and eaten by their CannibalClan breathren, and are willing to [[BrotherSisterIncest make out with each other]] to do the job.
32	* DysfunctionalFamily: The cannibals frequently bicker with one another and seek the approval of the patriarch.
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34	* FinalBoss: Gilberte is the last member of the cannibal clan to face off against Yasmine.
35	* {{Final Girl}}s: While movie technically has ''two'' final girls, neither fit the wholesome image of the final girl (at least by association). Yasmine is pregnant member of a group of thieves, and Eva is a kind but obedient member of the cannibalistic family that's killed Yasmine's companions.
36	* {{Fingore}}: A character's fingers are blown off with a shotgun.
37	* {{Gorn}}: It's not as gory as ''Film/{{Inside\|2007}}'' but it's very brutal at times (though rated NC-17 by MPAA, it'd be R by modern standards).
38	* ForcefulKiss: Karl Jr. gives one to Yasmine.
39	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Eva follows this path. She's a kind, yet obedient, member of the family to start out with, but she switches allegiances when she saves FinalGirl Yasmine from Karl by shooting him dead.]]
40	* ImAHumanitarian: The family eats their victims.
41	* InnOfNoReturn: It's run by a family of cannibalistic neo-Nazis. Meaning, once a guest checks in, there's no checking out.
42	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alex, who after acting like a douche to everybody [[spoiler: sacrifices himself to help Yasmine escape. He fails in the immediate aftermath and succeeds in the end.]]
43	* NaziGrandpa: Karl Von Geisler Sr is a former Nazi from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
44	* NobleDemon: Hans. He is no nice guy but he shows less malice than others and also is nice to Eva.
45	* OneWordTitle: ''Frontier(s)''
46	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Well, they're neo-Nazis, so what did you expect?
47	* TheQuietOne: Hans only has a few lines of dialogue and spends most of his scenes silent.
48	* RealityHasNoSubtitles: Karl Sr. gives a speech in German at the dinner table that is untranslated.
49	* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', in particular the dinner scene near the end.
50	* TheSociopath: Karl von Geisler, Sr., a Nazi who fled to France and founded a hotel where he started a CannibalClan. He views his family as henchmen, only liking Karl Jr. because he's competent, and kidnapped a little girl to use as his personal SexSlave.
51	* TakeThat: Largely against Sarkozy-era France and many of its anti-Muslim policies.
52	* TraumaticHaircut: Yasmine has most of her hair cut off to be presentable for the rest of the family.
53	* TheUnfavorite: Hans appears to be this.
54	* VillainProtagonist: The main characters are on the run after taking advantage of riots to rob a bank. Then they run into the Nazi CannibalClan, turning the film into EvilVersusEvil.
55	* WellDoneSonGuy: Goetz seeks his father's approval and is frustrated that he gets no respect.
56	* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:Karl Jr.]]'s head explodes after being shot with a shotgun.

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